draveragefish Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Any idea what type of algae this is? I was wondering if it was blue green algae. This is in a 20 gallon long, finnex stingray light with 6 hour light cycle. Tank is over 2 months old now gets a 25-40% water change about every 5 days and filter (tidal 35) serviced every 10 days. I fertilize with easy green with each water change. Nitrates have always been 10-20 ppm. 74 degrees F. Home to 14 CPDs, 6 julii Cory's, and 8 amano shrimp. The amanos do a great job of cleaning the hardscape but seem to leave this alone for the last 2 weeks. That makes me wonder about BGA. Yes I see the BBA on the dwarf sag. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccurtis Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 From the pictures, looks like maybe staghorn. Definately doesn't look like blue green algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Looks like cladophora. Have you tried removing it manually? What's the texture like? Staghorn would be thicker than that and would have a blueish kinda gray color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draveragefish Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Thank you all! There is definitely some staghorn algae around the hardscape in another area of the aquarium. But when I scrape this off it's more slimy and comes off in clumps. Cladophora seems like a possibility. I didn't know Cladophora was a thing, so I appreciate the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I could still be wrong with clado. My next guess is Oedogonium fuzz algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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