Anon Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Is this piece of grass putting off roots? Or something else? I bought this tank already set up so I couldn't tell you the species. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) It looks like hair algae you can just remove the leaves it growing on the plant looks like vallisneria Edited May 17, 2022 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottieB Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 I was just gonna suggest the same thing as @Colu I think something like Stag-horn Algae? And I’ll second, the plant looks like vallisneria. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Vallisneria will send out runners along the substrate and new ones pop up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 This is a zoomed in section of your photo. This is definitely some stuff going on. Maybe you can see it better when looking at the tank, whether what you're seeing is growing on the edges of the leaves or where it is growing specifically? The one it could be looks to be staghorn algae. Here is an example for reference. On 5/16/2022 at 5:43 PM, Anon said: I bought this tank already set up so I couldn't tell you the species. If you can, talk with wherever you purchased it. Their might be a big difference in water chemistry or something. For staghorn you might have to dial down the light, and then keep an eye on waste and nitrates. Amano shrimp are going to be the go-to for resolving this too. If they make sense for the tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 7:14 PM, nabokovfan87 said: If you can, talk with wherever you purchased it. Their might be a big difference in water chemistry or something. She used DI water and mineralized it herself. I took as much of the old water as I could fit into my truck and topped it off with my own tap water. Hopefully things will stabilize. It's probably been about 6 weeks at this point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 7:28 PM, Anon said: She used DI water and mineralized it herself. I took as much of the old water as I could fit into my truck and topped it off with my own tap water. Hopefully things will stabilize. It's probably been about 6 weeks at this point. Do you have any way to test water parameters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 11:23 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Do you have any way to test water parameters? Yeah. Everything looks normal to me, but I don't know how they looked before I topped it off with my own water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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