Algae

[Zikofski]

haha ye sorry 1bbs well less than that altho i have upped it to around 1bbs now and yes lime green been moving my two drop checkers around the tank and changing the liquid regularly on them to 

 

[alanwebse]

Thanks everyone for sharing their knowledge. I am also troubled with the same problem in my aquariums. I am going to try suggestions to check which one works better for me. I will then let everyone know about it. Thanks again....

 

[Zikofski]

aw very good what sorta algae have you got i managed to get rid of BBA, and when i made me have GSA i fixed that but my latest diatoms and GDA caught me by surprise so ye slowly working on it

 

[Zikofski]

okay so i am still getting one of either GSA or GDA not sure what type again i shall try and get some better pictures for you all, i am not sure i have upped my co2 ever so slightly even tho my drop checker show lime green all over the tank bba is non exsistent so i am happy its been delt with, this stuff only appears on the front glass i have increased my ferts so i am conftable that its not a lack of fert issue altho if its GSA it may still be low phosphate

 

[snazy]

Green spot is larger spots qutie apart from each other.
Green dust tends to make the glass like solid green if you leave it grow as much.
Picture?

 

[Zikofski]

okay sorry for the delay in pics, well no diatoms this time so i guess not cleaning my filters so often has fixed that problem but still this algae hmm i cant tell what it is its a misty style but the causes of that algae just don't make since i have perfect co2 i mean perfect i cant get it any better, and my ferts well i am triple dosing now  100ml a day to what the bottle says 33ml so i am sure i am okay on the fert front
 
but hey here are the pics



 
sorry if they are not that great but its hard to get a pic of these
 
any ideas? oh and i tested for phosphate just for fun still high of the chart

 

[snazy]

Looks like green dust algae to me.

 

[Zikofski]

yep i think i am going to just leave it for 3 weeks then scrub it off and see what happens with that, cheers snazy dam algae i see to be getting almost all of them in the last month hahaha god learning curve for me

 

[snazy]

Well, at least you get the experience how to deal with each one of them
I suppose green dust algae isn't the worst of them to be honest. At least it stays on the glass..

 

[SLIM]

Exactly lol

 

[Zikofski]

yes i agree i am glad its the only algae i am getting right now just a quick wipe and its gone but would be nice to know why and if its preventable when i look on the jame's algae guide it says commonly found in newly setup tanks i'm like :O the cheek mines not new mines like 2 years old now a bit of a shock but ye all al learning curve

 

[snazy]

Well, according to that article I once posted, it could be related to:
1: Too much calcium compared to magnesiium-rocks in the tank releasing calcium?
2. Too much PO4 compared to NO3.
 
I suppose you can try dosing more NO3 to create a balance if your PO4 is high. Or lower the PO4 a bit, carefullly not to cause another algae