JB Fish Mama

@Kurt Brutting, Thank you. I tried floating plants but the current up top is so strong that they got water logged and sank. The tank is so small that it jets right across that area of too much light as well. @RadMax8, can you share more on how you peroxide dose? I’ve read that it can hurt fish. Could I spot treat it with a Qtip after dropping the water down during a water change? @nabokovfan87- So should I just move those slow growers down a bit to get them out of the intense light? Will I then get BBA on the wood? Do you see any other plants in my tank that may prefer the brighter light? @Seattle_Aquarist You are so right. I had not been dosing phosphates or iron at all. I just started dosing API Leaf Zone weekly. Let me know your thoughts on that plan. Really happy to have met so many experts on here! Thanks to all. 🐠

Thanks to you both! I started reading up on BBA after the first post and I think the lack of CO2 is likely the main culprit. I do water changes weekly and change almost half the tank’s water each time, but I wasn’t replacing CO2. There is only a little bit more BBA just getting started in a similar area up on the same type of plant on top and next of my log (circled in red). I think that the extra light there is also helping it to grow (see side view with yellow light and red circles of BBA locations). This is a 13.5 gallon tank (this is my first time having an aquarium) with a beta (Frankie). I have 3 otocinclus, 3 amano shrimp (2 currently carrying eggs for the last month or so), and a loach (Charles). The green algae on the back black wall is really the only other algae I can see as the shrimp, loach, and ottos keep it pretty under control. I have a current issue with ramshorn snails. I’ve been fighting it by hand picking them out and got to the point of 2-3 days without even seeing a snail when I first turned the light on, then woke up the next day to literally like 300 tiny baby snails on everything (ULG!). At that point, I got 3 Assassin snails and they’ve been in there for 2-3 weeks. I think I picked out 30-40 every morning for the first two weeks, it’s now down to 10-15ish. I’m hoping the Assassins start to help. (And I’m being careful to put less food in because I think that caused the snail issue.) For the BBA, here is my current plan: 1) I already cut off and removed the leaves with more than just one tiny tuft of it. 2) I’m dosing with CO2 (API CO2 Boost) after every water change. 3) I’ve set alarms so the light will only be on from 8-5 daily (sometimes I forget and it stays on longer). I was going to try that for a couple weeks then see how the BBA is looking. I’m hoping between the above and my Ottos and shrimp, it’ll be handled. Thoughts?

Hello, This is slow growing, in small clusters of little soft spikes and I can not rub it off with my fingers. It is starting to spread to other plants and I’m worried it’s either harmful or invasive. Any tips or help would be appreciated. I just changed out half the tank water, so there are bubbles on it in the photos, but those normally aren’t there.