TooManySnakes Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Does anyone recognize this kind of algae? I believe it may be “staghorn” algae. If so what are the typical causes for its growth? I am developing this algae in a 20L shrimp tank with ~20ppm nitrate from easy green. Water changes are 15% once a week. Lighting is a dimmed Nicrew Planted plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 This blog post has some good advice on combating staghorn algae: How to Fight 6 Types of Algae in Your Fish Tank WWW.AQUARIUMCOOP.COM Do you dream of having a beautiful aquarium but end up constantly fighting to keep algae at bay? In this article, we discuss the root causes of algae, the... Also here is what worked for @Another Jake: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooManySnakes Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thank you very much! Based on this and some other resources I found I think I need to keep dimming my light. I guess it’s easy to underestimate how much light a 30” fixture can put into a 20 long. Inverse square law and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, TooManySnakes said: Inverse square law and all that. Yeah, I think the inverse square explains most things in the universe.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Jake Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Mine was also a 20L. Fluval 3. Had the lighting at 50%, but it was a lot of hours of lighting. I cut it down to about 6-8 total hours. 2 of those hours were ramps. I trimmed out the worst of the staghorn, and the rest receded very fast. I was surprised how fast it dropped to a minimal level... which is fine by me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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