Kunersbettas Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Hi everyone! Currently working on organizing the community-curated practical guide If you are curious, check out the original thread. I have some dark-green spot algae on my Anubias. My SAE won't eat it, and Bristlenoses don't do well in my tank for some reasons. Any other fish/methods to get rid of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 How are your phosphate levels? Are you using phosphate absorbers? When I bought and installed a canister filter I used the phosphate absorber pads that came with it and had bad green spot algae cover my anubias to the point that it killed off a lot of leaves due to it growing densely enough to smother the leaves. Removing the phosphate absorber and dosing phosphates brought it under control for me. With time new growth allowed the anubias to recover. I would caution people not to use a phosphate absorber pad without testing their water to see what their phosphate levels actually are… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 My otos seem to munch on the algae on my plants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Mystery snails do a good job of cleaning without damaging live plant tissue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Raise PO4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricksonAquatics Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 My nerite is the only thing that was able to get GSA off my Anubias leaves and he did a dang good job of it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 I have a fry grow-out tank with an Anubias barteri (I think it's A. barteri, I got it so long ago). For a while it held a pea puffer, which meant few if any snails. After I moved the pea to a different tank and the bladder snails came back, the green spot algae mostly cleared up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kunersbettas Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 10:17 AM, Rube_Goldfish said: I have a fry grow-out tank with an Anubias barteri (I think it's A. barteri, I got it so long ago). For a while it held a pea puffer, which meant few if any snails. After I moved the pea to a different tank and the bladder snails came back, the green spot algae mostly cleared up. Okay then. I won't kill my pest snails. Problem solved. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 1:23 PM, Kunersbettas said: Okay then. I won't kill my pest snails. Problem solved. They aren't pests they are snacks for the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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