LumberZack Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Any thoughts on what this algae is and what I should get to eat it? I have 3 amano, and 16 small neos but they don’t seem to be making a dent. 55g full of guppies. thanks Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Staghorn. I hate it. Siamese Algae Eaters will reportedly eat it. I have controlled it with flourish excel (liquid carbon), but it recurs. In my case I think I need more fertilizer(nitrogen) in the tank to boost plant growth and out compete it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seized Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Staghorn or blackbeard algae. Eash carbon works best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumberZack Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) Thanks. Picked up some Flourish Excel at the LFS today and dosed the tank this evening. I believe I have a couple of types in there at present. Blackbeard and stag or thread, it's a crazy mess. clearing up in a couple of day would be awesome. I'm just getting back into the hobby after 15 years and I don't recall having so many issues before. Z Edited November 22, 2020 by LumberZack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 What is your lighting like? The lights have evolved a lot in 15 years. My gap was about 7 years, and the new lights were such a big change. I don't even run any of mine at more than 50% power for my tank sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumberZack Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) I have the Fluval Plant 3.0 LED on this 55g tank. I ran it full on from 7a-10p for the first few weeks. Which really helped the algae 😛 and my plant load was much smaller. When a firmware update came out, I changed the pattern to something like 7a-10a, off, 6p-9p,off. This gives around 6 hours of light and matches when I’m in the room and can watch the fish. (There’s a bit of fading in/out that happens so as to not startle them with sudden lights on/off. ) This has been the pattern for a month or so. They know now that about the time the light is full on, food appears. 😁 Z Edited November 22, 2020 by LumberZack Image swap and text correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Would you mind adding your schedule to the Fluval programming thread? If on iOS, please use a screenshot of the Summary page to show the graph and grid at the same time. Android seems to need two different screenshots to capture both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumberZack Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 Got a second dose in the tank this evening and spent better than an hour pulling algae off of stuff. Don’t know if it’s the carbon or not, but the algae was kinda crisp this time around. It was very slimy the last time I tried to pull it off of stuff. before and after 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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