O13SC3N3 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 So, I understand this is diatoms grouping up. I have brushed, cut, rinsed. Test aren't abnormal. Tank is cycled. Phosphate is low, nitrates around 15. All plants still have melt, and new growth. Even the weeping moss,and Java moss, and Taiwan moss all ha e very vibrant green new growth under all this. Leave it? Or what do you all suggest? My LFS don't have any algae esters like otos. I did order some from an online retailer. But probably won't get shipped until next week. There is 5 young Amano, 38(adult) RCS. And shrimplets every where. Also 4 golden Mystery, and of course pond snails, and a few Nerites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack.of.all.aquariums Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks like the early stages of almost every tank I've set up. I suck it out with a siphon during water changes pretty easily. Most snails eat it up but in my experience it just takes a few months of the tank maturing and it eventually just stops showing up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalin Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I had the exact algae and my amanos took care of it in a week or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O13SC3N3 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 🤔 some of it turned green after doing a 75% water change... 🧐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffany Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I have this exact algae and I can’t get it to go away!! I have Amano shrimp, 6 Otis and a Nettie and nothing wants to eat it!! It only grows like this on one of I have and there are particles that float and sit on everything in the tank. My other plants are doing good so I am trying to up the feet dose and have been adding carbon to hopefully help get rid of this stuff. This tank has been set up for several months..🤷🏽♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O13SC3N3 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 No clue, just builds and builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinV Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Following this as I am having something that looks very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalNerd98 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I have also had this issue before, not sure what it is called though. I got rid of it by just manually removing it and it eventually went away on its own as the tank matured (went away after about 2 months for me in a 5 gallon portrait tank with some driftwood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O13SC3N3 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 13 hours ago, AnimalNerd98 said: I have also had this issue before, not sure what it is called though. I got rid of it by just manually removing it and it eventually went away on its own as the tank matured (went away after about 2 months for me in a 5 gallon portrait tank with some driftwood). Well it still confuses me, more I ask else where it's 50/50 some saying I have to remove everything and start over....? Some say leave it. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything engulfed in it. When I scrap it away everything is green and lush, new growth etc. My tissue cultures however got nuked. Ph 6.8, 0 Amonia, 0 Nitrite, 5 Nitrates, like 4 phosphates (got this test last night cause I read elsewhere my phosphates could be outta whack) 8 gh, 6kh, co2 injection. Dose Easy Green, and Iron. And very little trace. It's a 55 gallon. Have no real way to test for silicates (controversial subject there being a glass aquarium I guess) substrate is an old inert gravel to build up the high side capped with fluval Stratum, capped with eco complete, and white sand on one side (not very pretty ATM, don't really care looks more natural currently) I have a fluval 407, with a custom spray bar covering the entire length of the tank. And one of them little powerheads coOp sells as well. The more I remove it's like the more it comes back 😅. It turns to dust in your fingers, turns green when exposed to air for a period of time. And it's been here for 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O13SC3N3 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 I wonder if Bacter AE contribute to it... I can't really remember what I did different and it just exploded. There are baby rcs everywhere in it tho 😅 makes me wonder how many took a one way trip to the sewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalNerd98 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, O13SC3N3 said: I wonder if Bacter AE contribute to it... I can't really remember what I did different and it just exploded. There are baby rcs everywhere in it tho 😅 makes me wonder how many took a one way trip to the sewer. There may be some contribution from Baxter AE (adding biofilm) to it if you are overdosing, but I think that as long as it isn’t harming anything (RIP your tissue culture plants), you can just leave it. Seasoned tank time really does even out a lot of things. I would only remove it if you absolutely hate looking at it/another plant is suffering because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O13SC3N3 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Update 1/4... Spent quality time with my wife fishing out red cherry Shrimp for over 5 hours 😅 and probably a million 5 different size babies. Cleaned the hardscape up. And rescaled a bit. I think I'm pretty overall happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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