Maddiever10 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 See attached pics. This algae just started growing on most of my leaves? Is this the start of BBA? If it is BBA, should I try to get it off the leaves, put back in the tank and dose tank with Excel? What could be the reason for this growing on my leaves? I don’t have any fish and a low tech tank. Maybe I should start putting liquid carbon in? Any thoughts are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I'm not a pro on algae ID . . . but I like to refer folks to this guide over at Green Aqua: https://greenaqua.hu/en/alga-tajekoztato Could it be Green Spot Algae? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Renee Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I am by no means any kind of expert, I am as new as they come. However, I have this all over the leaves on my new tank and I think its brown algae, aka diatoms? Supposed to be pretty common with new tanks and once everything matures and starts filling in, it will go away on its own usually... I think? It also looks like snail poops, which is good because I think snails eat brown algae. Ok, that's a lot of "I think" going on so definitely take it with a giant grain of salt. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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