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[Ilya]

I have green algae every where. They're on my plants. On my bogwood. And I'm still cycling my tank. I don't want to use any chemicals because I've got a whole bunch of snails. Big and small. All I could do is wipe it off the glass. But what about the plants?

 

[Esfa]

gently rub the leaves between your thumb and finger till the algae is off. You can scrub the bogwood. =]

 

[siamese king]

youll have 2 move the snails 2 anther tank then use chemicals after a while put the snails bac in

 

[QuotheRaven]

I have suffered from brown hair algae which is a horror...I added extra light to the tank which worked...but also I found cleaning the glass, plants & filter pads (if safe to do so and maintenance needs doing) then performing a water change cuts it down...or you could be really lucky & it slowly disappears

 

[Musho3210]

is it hairy, slimey, or spotty?

 

[Ilya]

Some of it is hairy. And it's covering my grass plants completely.

 

[Underwurlde]

Occurences of algae during cycling is quite common. Lots of fluctuations going on in the tank allows quick reacting algae a foothold over plants.

Get some more plants in there if the problem persists after cycling has comleted. If there is a mass die-off of algae, do large water changes prior to adding any fish as the dead & rotting algae will release ammonia. So for now, as suggest just manual cleaning - but this is not a long term solution.

Andy