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• Jun 20, 2021

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Can anyone tell me what kind of algae this is and how to get rid of it.

 

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Looks like blue green Cyanobacteria. It’s a photosynthetic bacteria rather than a true algae. Best course of action is a black out for about a week to starve it. Not sure if it’s best to leave it all in so it starves or remove as much as possible and then starve out what’s left.

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Mattsmith said:

Can anyone tell me what kind of algae this is and how to get rid of it.
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Hows your water change frequency ?
Did you vacuum your gravel while doing the water change ?

Its not algae for sure.

 

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Have a look at https://www.thesprucepets.com/cyanobacteria-blue-green-algae-1378628 for more advice and information.

 

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Dajuyu said:

Hows your water change frequency ?
Did you vacuum your gravel while doing the water change ?

Its not algae for sure.

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It is a second-hand tank I got, it has been set up for about 2 weeks, the previous owner said they had this problem. I have realised it is ordinary strip lights in it and not aquarium ones so these are getting changed.