Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi Forum: Well after help from Candi and the staff i have come to conclusion i can not grow these.plants after Candi sent a replacement for my first Banana Plant it still did`nt take well in my 20gal. thinking it might come back i left it new the tank..it began to grown a kinda green fine moss i din`t take it out at first thinking it was growth bot was i wrong..it grew this fine green moss like this moss consumed my tank it`s everywhere i`m still removing for the tank,it`s clinging to my plants that are in the tank in the gravel,on the tubing everything.. does anyone have any suggestions on the removal of this stuff?????? really could use the help here!!!! There are pics of this growth in this topic posted awhile ago Thank you guys for your time!!! Frankie from Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks like hair algae to me, something I'm always battling with in my 29 gal. For me it explodes when there's too much light and I'm putting too much food in the tank. To keep it in check, I reduced the light timer to just 5 hrs a day, and I manually remove it when it starts to get to be too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hey H.K. Thank you the reply I’m on timer for 10 hrs I’ll tone it down a bit for awhile and see how it goes!!! This stuff is crazy for sure.. Thank you again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 You can remove hair algae with a pair of skewers or chopsticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hey Street. Thanks for the reply man been doin that seems like forever it’s everywhere I should’ve removed the banana plant first thing Candi and myself was hoping it’d come back but it didn’t instead I got this all over the tank but I’m getting there Thanks again!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I have used a bottle cleaning brush as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 That’s another good idea I got the long tweezers from Co-op. They work perfect. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Do you have window light, or other light besides from the tank? My one tank with hair algae has too many light sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Sorry for late reply doorwall about 8ft very little sun. I had LED’s on the hoods of tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 You know what’s strange is that it all came from the banana plant that went bad it was turning black Candi said there’s a chance it might come back so after about week or so I notice a ton of the algae growing out of the plant no where else so I took it out while doing so the algae just floated everywhere in the tank clinging to everything now I’m playing catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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