Is This Black Beared Alage?

[phishyphil]

Okay then, My usually pristine 60 litre has all of a sudden decided to go haywire and bloom in what I beleive o be black Beared Algae (BBA) however as I have never had this before, I would like confirmation, It is growing on my crypts and Vallis and java moss and gettin out of hand, feeding is every two days and minimal, lighting is 6 hours per day, No ferts dosed. Lighting is 1 WPG, current stock is 1 Baby Bristlenose, 5 White spot tetra, 5 Pygmy cories, 3 Ottos and 5 amano shrimp.

Please Help

 

[minnnt]

Hi Phil, try dosing some ferts mate. This will encourage your plants to grow quicker and in theory use up more nutrients quicker and outcompete the Algae.

Worth a go!

 

[phishyphil]

Hi Phil, try dosing some ferts mate. This will encourage your plants to grow quicker and in theory use up more nutrients quicker and outcompete the Algae.

Worth a go!

Cheers Minnnt, Much appreciated

 

[minnnt]

No problem mate, Cynic posted that he recently had an outbreak of algae and then started to dose ferts and the algae went away.