Green carpet Algae
I have a small community tank, 20 gal I had lots of plants, swords, wisteria
and others. Angle fish, molys, alge eaters. I've had algae before but never like this. This stuff is thick like a carpet and a dark green color. I tried some algae treatment from the store but it did not help at all. Any suggestions, I am about ready to rip out all the plants. Pete |
Green carpet Algae
Are you fertilizing your plants? I read somewhere a little while back that
high iron content could help develop certain algae's. I had an algae problem starting to develop in my tank, I reduced fetilizer doses and the algae has all but disappeared. good luck, Anton "Pete Burns" wrote in message .net... I have a small community tank, 20 gal I had lots of plants, swords, wisteria and others. Angle fish, molys, alge eaters. I've had algae before but never like this. This stuff is thick like a carpet and a dark green color. I tried some algae treatment from the store but it did not help at all. Any suggestions, I am about ready to rip out all the plants. Pete |
Green carpet Algae
I have a small community tank, 20 gal I had lots of plants, swords,
wisteria and others. Angle fish, molys, alge eaters. I've had algae before but never like this. This stuff is thick like a carpet and a dark green color. I tried some algae treatment from the store but it did not help at all. Any suggestions, I am about ready to rip out all the plants. Pete Dark green and carpet like? Is it soft, smelly and wipes off of plants easily? If so...That would be Blue/Green Algae. I had it when I was dosing co2 w/intense lights and low Nitrates. I was lazy with my fertillization routine. I'm only human. N8 |
Green carpet Algae
"Pete Burns" wrote in message .net... I have a small community tank, 20 gal I had lots of plants, swords, wisteria and others. Angle fish, molys, alge eaters. I've had algae before but never like this. This stuff is thick like a carpet and a dark green color. I tried some algae treatment from the store but it did not help at all. Any suggestions, I am about ready to rip out all the plants. Pete If I'm understanding you correctly, it's growing in green slimy sheets? It's not *really* and algae, but a cyanobacteria. A dosage of erythromycin avaiable at most LFS's always works for me. http://faq.thekrib.com/algae.html#cyano HTH billy |
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