425nm Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Pictures: http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/Amemaru/2012-11-17190555.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/Amemaru/2012-11-17190609.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/Amemaru/2012-11-17190633.jpg What is it? and how do I rid myself of it? The tank is a Fluval Ebi with biomedia instead of sponge in the filter and some gravel ontop of the shrimp media to hold it down. No CO2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Is it really slimy when you pull it off with your fingers? Looks like green hair algae to me. Apparently it isn't particularly picky about light so blackouts supposedly don't work that well on it. I've heard the use Flourish Excel at double to tripple dose, but some plants really don't like Excel and I had my tank up to 4x dose and the algae was still persisting. I also tried the manual removal + water changes which also didn't do it for me. I finally broke down and got some amano shrimps and they are monster algae eaters and they are making a huge dent in the algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 It's Beard Algae, and is best taken care of with CO2/Excel. Using a syringe and applying Excel (or even H2O2) directly to the algae has the best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) Funny that algae gets names like beard and hair. H2O2 (drug store type?) what dilution should be used and are there plants that don't tollerate H2O2? Edited November 19, 2012 by cainechow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 the cost effective solution of Metricide works like a charm i don't like spot treatment as there are always nooks which are missed, i prefer a dosed tank as those nooks have been taken care with nothing missed your killing it when you see it change color btw, watch your lights and nutrients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnerd Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 i've always found true siamese algae eaters lick that stuff up in no time and keep it gone if you have room to add a couple fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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