Long Hairy Stuff!

[smif79]

Hi,

i have just noticed a long hairy kinda stuff growing on my plants and airline, what is this and how can i get rid?

Thanks.

 

[rixy]

some kind of algae.any pics?

 

[Teelie]

Sounds like hair or beard algae to me.

 

[smif79]

how do i get rid?

 

[Teelie]

With your hands usually. It's not an algae most fish will touch and usually is a result of too much nutrient in the water so reduce the amount of food and light the tank gets.

 

[james1971]

Oooh - I think I will take this piece of advice also...I have a similar problem on some of my plants, I did not realise it could be due to excessive light.

Thanks !!

James1971

 

[Trance2006]

Well what color is it, this comes from either Diatoms which are brown or green which is well regular algae

 

[james1971]

It is very dark brown almost black in my tank. Grows mainly on the leaves of some of the plants.

Doesn't seem to have any detrimental effect on the fish or the water but does not look very nice.

James1971

 

[Trance2006]

Than you have diatom, I am not experiance with thatrtype of algae but I am sure some one on here is.

 

[Teelie]

No, diatoms are a different thing to algae though to get technical, I'm not sure hair algae is even a real algae, but it's dark green, almost black sometimes. A picture would confirm it if you could get one.

 

[Trance2006]

Oh you mean that nasty hair waving algae

 

[Teelie]

Well the thread title is "long hairy stuff."

 

[smif79]

it is a very dark green, it is only growin on vallis and airline.

 

[Jules H-T]

How good are you with your water changes? Honestly

 

[smif79]

i do a 1/4 every 7 to 10 days