Problem?

[fubarmick]

it seems alot ov things in my tank r turning black!!!!!!

i noticed 1 ov my rocks has loads ov black dots on the other day, and closer inspection my aftifical plant starting to get them too!!! i threw a real plant out yesr=terday as that was covered in them and was'nt sure if harmful to fish or not

any1 have any ideas?

 

[HODDY]

ive got that growing on 2 of my plants aswell.no idea what it is would like to know though..

 

[brads]

I get this on my amazon swords all the other plants are ok and on my rocks. I'm wondering if it is anything to do with over feeding? At the moment i'm introducing less food!

 

[brads]

Lets keep this top as three of us need to know about this!!!!

 

[fubarmick]

anybody help?

 

[Myuu]

It sounds like you have black beard algae. You can google that for pictures. I think it's impossible to remove manually, so you'd need to toss the plants with and dry out the rocks? I bet somebody else knows more than me.

 

[brads]

It sounds like you have black beard algae. You can google that for pictures. I think it's impossible to remove manually, so you'd need to toss the plants with and dry out the rocks? I bet somebody else knows more than me.

Back to the top then........please help us.......someone.

 

[brads]

Nobody likes us.............

 

[Miss Wiggle]

algae at a guess, the plant forum is the best place to ask algae questions.