algae

I have a 35G tank that is 6 months old now: 15 Harlequin Rasboras, 9 Neon Tetras, 6 Amano Shrimps, 1 Assassin Snail. My tank is invaded by all sorts of algae; green, brown, hair, and it's everywhere brown and hair algae are covering my plants, green algae is on tank glass. I have DIY CO2, I cut...

Started noticing a week or so ago this algae (if that is what it is) growing on my rock and my plant. Any idea as to what it is and if there is a need to do anything about? Not meaning to sound like an idiot but not sure if there such a thing as good vs bad algae? The tank is 55gal with 36"...

Found a veil tail boy on craigslist, owners are moving long distance and can't (don't want to) pack the tank. He's currently in this 3gal but the owner says "tank is dirty with algae but nothing a hot water rinse wouldn't get rid of." My concern is this: I'm transporting him 25 miles, from a...

I think I've identified this fuzz as staghorn algae...?   It's usually white but turned hot pink the other day?!   I tried all day yesterday to post this but couldn't for some reason.   I went home and cut all of my anacharis down to stubs (some of the tips had it growing on it).   And I boiled...

Hi! So, I've recently been having a problem in my tank with very murky green water. I had it a couple months ago, but it eventually miraculously went away, then now it's slowly come back. As you can see in the picture below, my water is seriously murky, and my tank looks pretty bad. So, I...

So, I finally got cycled two nights ago (fishless cycle, took 18 days).   I have a little fluval edge 6 gallon with two anacharis plants and one anubis.     I wound up with a stoway assassin snail and one other "common snail" I think....that one is super teeny.   Anyway...I have seachem flourite...

Okay, so I just completed my weekly water change, about 45% this week since it had been nearer 10 days since the last one rather than 7, and things went smoothly but as i was watching my fish settle, I noticed a couple things. One, i can see green algae forming, finally, which means I'm going to...

Okay, I have been slacking on this topic for a while.   Here are some piccys of the awful algae I've been having in my 5 gallon. I purchased a nerite to clean up, but he either can't get on the leaves where the algae is growing, or he avoids it.   The tank is in front of a window, and I want to...

I have 2 tanks.   Tank 1    100L :  6 glowlight tetras, 4 guppies, 4 red eye tetras, 2 golden balloon rams, 2 penguin tetras and one Melanistius Corydoras ohhh and one snail   Tank 2     40L :  10 Guppies   I need to keep the glass free of algae does anyone know of any good community fish that I...

Hey all, about a week ago i noticed a small amount of what i think is black hair algae appearing on some of my ornaments in my tank, i actually went on holiday the next day so couldn't do anything about it, now i'm back it's definitely got worse and has started multiplying and i now have...

I've been trying to grow algae for my nerite tiger snail to eat. I finally got green algae so I put some in my tank earlier this afternoon. It doesn't look like he has touched it! :( I think it might be classified as hair algae since it floats a little and is attached to the rock. Do snails not...

(First off I hope this is the right section to post this in)   Sooooo I have been trying to grow some algae on some rocks for my tiger snail for a while now. My first attempted yielded black algae and I was told that snails don't eat that kind so I rinsed everything and tried again and for a...

Hi all,   Have a few questions to ask regarding ferts etc. etc.   As people who have read my posts before will know, i'm in the middle of a plant-in cycle, 70L tank.. looking to create a fairly heavily planted community aquarium. Lights are LEDs equivalent to 6 w/L and are on 7/8 hours daily.  ...

Hi, is there an easy way to grow green algae in a bowl or something so I can scrape it off and dump it in my main tank for food? Can I just fill a glass container and stick it in the sun? I remember seeing a thread about this before but I didn't consider doing it till now.

I have a fish tank and recently for some reason I have been getting a hair like algae. I usually just get the regular algae that is on rocks that sucker fish will take off. But I can not get this hair like algae to go away. It is also a pain to pull off. Does anyone know what I need to change to...

Okay so I made a post about something on one of my new plants (the kind that are sold in plastic tubes so they are suppose to be snail free and such) and I noticed something weird on it (here's the link) and I didn't get an answer as to what it was so I just went a head and took the plant out to...

I have a 120g planted tank and recently I've noticed an algae takeover   it seems almost moss like in appearance and covers our dwarf hair grass, baby drawf tears and our drift wood.  I haven't noticed it on our myrio, swords, or lotus at all though.  we have 6 otocinclus in the tank and they...

Why do I have dark purple algae growing on my live rock? There are also some bright green spots. I just cleaned my tank and there was brown algae all over the substrate and walls. How do I take care of this WITHOUT adding chemicals? 

I had a bloom of algae. It nearly covered my walls. I have a 20 gal, planted aquarium with a few bloodfin and neon tetras, a fiddler crab, and an angelfish. I went to my local Petsmart and got a Rubber Lipped Plecostamus (suckerfish). Unlike the black ones he only around 4-5 inches (from what...

Just want to know what these little leaves are and if it needs to be removed or not. My other tank I've had for years has never had this problem so am a bit cofused.

Here are a couple pictures:         Any ideas? It is growing throughout, and my 6 otos and 3 gobys aren't touching it!

I'm starting to get really disheartened! :(   I've had my tank up and cycled for about 2 months.   I am still getting diatoms everywhere, as well as blue green algae (or is it cyanobacteria), and black hairy algae on my rocks.   I am so very frustrated!   I do water changes every 1.5 weeks.   ...

Hi, some of my live rock is starting to go a bit green an I'm getting a bit of hair algae. I m trying to manually remove it but I'm looking for a longer term solution. I have a 15l tmc cube with stock lighting and skimmer but I have added activated carbon and filter floss and upgraded the...

White growth on my java moss. I have a 30 gal, light during the day, off at night. Tried an old "Flourish" product we have had for years, could be why but I'm still worried for my fish as they are african cichlids, the mother has gotten very agressive, and they are rubbing their sides on the...

Hi, I have an algae problem in my tank and was wandering what fish will eat the string/hair algae and is compatible with discus? I have a SAE but it doesn't look like he's eating any algae.  I have done many water changes but the algae always comes back, I am also limiting my lights to be on for...

So i have a 10 gal tank with a HOB filter and 6 pygmy corys and i have always had an algae problem in my tank.  Its nothing serious like hair algae (although there is some BBA growing on my anubias nana) but it is just that green film all over the glass on my tank.  What i was wondering is if i...

Hey guys, recently had a problem with brown hair algae appearing in my 30 gallon tank.   http://i.imgur.com/QUWqqYY.jpg   It's quite tough to remove and is brown in colour.   Tank parameters are:   0 Nitrite 25 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 7.8 PH   Tank has been running for 7 months now, no CO2 is being...

I'm new here and have a question or two about my betta and his tank. Currently he lives alone ina  2.5 gallon tank with two fake plants and a heater. I never had issues with algae before but ever since getting the second plant it accumulates on it. The purple plant in this picture is the exact...

Hi,   I was hoping someone could help identify the algae that is covering some of the plants in my tank?   A few days ago I added 3 Otocinclus catfish, but they seem to prefer cleaning the glass to the plants and driftwood. Do you think they will eventually get to the algae?   It is a 36 inch *...

So, I'm thinking of growing algae externally from my tank and when I have some I'll feed it to by bristlensoe Pleco and other fish. At the moment I'm thinking small box with water, some fish food and daylight will do it. So, thoughts? Suggestions?

I can try to add pictures later tonight or tomorrow, but I'll do my best to describe it.  It's white and it first started growing slowly on my fake plants, right around when I started my slow transition to brackish water (I think).  I wasn't too worried before, but I realized today it is getting...

I have cycled my tank and all the levels were good I added 2 albino Corydoras yesterday and today I have these white things growing they look like the white fluffy things on dandelions and there also was what looked like a white worm sort of thing very tiny moving on my glass, my betta is due to...

I have had an outbreak of a thin, hair-like algae which has attached itself and tangled into my rocks, plants, mosses and even my prized hemianthus callitrichoides (HC). It's in a 52 litre tropical community planted tank which is cleaned every 2 weeks. I have reduced lighting down to 6 hours a...

does anyone know what that hairy mass is? Is it growth from a morimo moss ball?      

So, what's the general opinion guys?   Keen to add some to the driftwood in this tank, along with an Aunbias nana, but heard it can be literally impossible to remove from an aquarium once added... advice please!     Also, could anyone ID that plant I have in the background? Cheers, Alex.

I have a planted tank that is full of green hair algae and I am curious as to whether a Farlowella will help fix it or will it do more damage than good? After it cleans up the tank I am putting it into a 29 gallon community tank with an angelfish and a few different species of catfish, and will...

So I was curious to see all the fish profiles of my fish on SeriouslyFish, and I realized I have really screwed up! I jumped into the tank with one idea and switched halfway through and didn't do my research -_-. Also Some other stuff to do with my tank.   Tank stats that matter to fish.  -240L...

I have a short, colourless, slimy sort of coating on everything in the tank just about, especially my gravel. I would appreciate any help. My first thoughts are maybe rotting food and what not so I have bought three new Cory's and six zebra snails to try and help if that's the case. I just...

I set a up my new tank with filter, water, a few live plants and gravel and let the tank run for about two weeks before adding fish. I used Tetra Aqua Safe also before ever adding fish. After the two weeks The tank was clear, clean and algae free. Then I bought and added 7 neon tetras and two...

I have been having some problems in my 240 gallon tank with algae issues. the tank is situated near a window, adding indirect light which may be a problem but it is almost always covered with a curtain. We do partial water change once every two weeks and change carbon on a steady basis, as well...