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Whith this problem it would help to give us more info like all the water peramiters. Also the types of lighting and how long they are on for.

A photo could also be useful.

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I tried the giant ramshorn and he proceeded to absolutly obliterate my saggatarius so he has been removed.

Would CO2 help since this is a plant or would it just increase it?

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If it is a giant ramshorn than I can get the one from my other tank. That would be great as he does need a new home.


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Now in that pic, that appears to me to be FW hydra. It is a type of small plant. If that is what it is, most of the time it will go away in a few weeks or a month or two, after the tank is set up. Depending on the water parameters and/or the quality, they may stay though. They replicate by both sexual and asexual reproduction. They can replicate by budding. And, many times by scrubbing the tank down, you just tear them up, and they bud off into more.

If they don't eventually go away on their own, do a total black out on the tank for a week. And it should disappear. First scrub it down and do a water change. Then wrap the tank in a towel or something that light cannot get through. Leave it like this for a week. The FW hydra get their nutrients from both the light, and the water. Kind of like the cyano algae. They are actually a great nitrate remover, lol. If they were just not so dang ugly looking around the tank.

If the black out does not get rid of them, there are some snails that will also eat them. If memory serves me correctly, it is the giant rams horn snails that will get rid of them.

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yea thats it exactly, I will try your aproach and see if it works.
Thanks

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I had some type of white stuff in my 55g, about 2 months after setting it up. I cleaned it off the glass and decorations and did about a 40% water change. I also tried to make sure I wasn't overfeeding. Luckily it didn't come back. I also just recently got a BN and I think he helps keep it down. I had brown algae and the white stuff.
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Well just after my last post I thought of one other place my shrimp could be. The hob filter and that was where he was so after some shrimp rangling that involved some time on the floor shrimpy returned safely to his home.

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I apologize I probably qualify as a aquatic idiot for messing with stuff I dont know anything about. Any way I removed the phosphate filter, tested the water and did a 40% water change. I found that my ph is slighty elevated 7.2-7.3 I think this is because the lights have been out so long or mabye just a tap water change. My buffer is slightly lowered but still ok. My algae has gone down significantly almost gone now. Unfourtunaltly my algae eating shrimp has disapered (hoping for the best) the ram may be the culprit or he could have got hurt during the water change some how. Also my plants are discoloring slightly probably because of lack of light. I am going to keep the lights off a little bit longer and see if I can find shrimpy. Still searching for flourish excell at lfs's no luck yet.

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I have no idea what my phosphate level is. As for the question I have been reading a lot on other post and websites about algae that say phosphorus causes algae. I had been over feeding a lot (not anymore found out that some food wasnt being touched so I am reducing feeding of certain foods) so I thought that phosphorus might be the cause. I have had the lights off since monday now and the algae is still there.

I added a filter designed to reduce nitrate nitrite and phosphorus last night should I remove it?



Last edited by bcwcat22 at 01-Dec-2005 14:57

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bcwcat22,

Hm, I am wondering where your latest set of questions is coming from?

First you ask about a Phosphate remover and then you ask if too little Phosphate causes algae (which, by the way could be true, but it depends what you understand as too little and involves all other nutrients in the tank as well).

To get started – what is your phosphate level in the tank and in the tab? If you don’t know at least the first one then you should not mess with its level.

Ingo

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Any suggestions on a brand of phosphate remover?

Is it neccesary? I read that to little phosphate causes algae is this wrong?

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Well I upgraded the light and added an amano shrimp. The shrimp isnt doing a whole lot of algae eating but he hasnt been in there long. I am keeping the light off and trying to find excell but no luck so far. I have reduced feeding and will be looking for a phosphate reducer.

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I think I may have found part of my issue. I shook out my java moss and the stuff came out in a huge cloud could it be left over food causing the issue? I am going to reduce feeding on my cory wafers as i think they may be the issue. I will also remove the java moss to a 2 gallon holding tank for a while to see if that helps.

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I have this whitish algae growing from the tank glass and plants I have never seen it before. Its less than 1cm long. I turned of the lights for a day and got most of it out but as soon as I turned them back on it came right back. It is easily scraped off but I am getting frustrated with having to constantly scrub my tank multiply times a day. How do I get rid of it and what is it??

Also I have no room for more fish and shrimp at my lfs are $$$. Is it worth paying for the shrimp?

Tank info
10 Gallon
Black Sand
1 WPG Florescent Tube
PLANTS
1 Amazon Sword
1 Saggatarius
Java Moss
FISH
1 Female Bolivian Ram
3 Panda Cory's
5 Bloodfin Tetra's
No ferts or CO2

Last edited by bcwcat22 at 17-Nov-2005 19:08

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How long has your tank been set up? Any new decorations, like drift wood, or anything else?

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No new decorations in the tank for a few months. I will get the tank parameters tonight. My lights are 12 or 14 watts which is a little over 1 wpg I was planning on buying an incandescant light and replacing the bulbs with the screw in compact florecents (sry cant spell) but I need to get algae problem fixed first. The lights are only on 5 hours a day now but I think that is to little for the plants so I will increase it to 8 hours. Would using flourish excell help in this situation?

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I have never heard of a white algae, but on the other hand I am not saying there couldn’t be such a thing.

I used Excel with great success in my 125G on Black Beard and Staghorn algae, it is worth a shot, if you have any Excel around. If you would like to give it a try, I would suggest starting off with the normal dosage. I treated my tank for one week only and it all was gone.

But be aware that some plants don’t seem to like the Excel. My Egeria Najas (supposedly Egeria Densa) was completely wiped after one week.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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I have discovered some sort of white algae in my 20 g, too. Tank is 8 months old. its mostly on the glass, and reminds me of spider web silk (only thicker) or strands of tiny white hairs. The placement is sporadic. I can't find anything on the net that looks or sounds like it. Easily removed, but annoying. I already use Excel once a week for the plants. I'll try upping the frequency to see if it helps.

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Does it look like a spider web? There are spiders out there that spin webs in the water.

There is a white algae of sorts out there, though rarely I have heard about people getting it with older tanks. It is a type of bacterial algea kinda like cyano. But, it usually goes away in a couple weeks. The usualy times I hear about someone having it, is when they add new drift wood. The drift wood will look like it is covered in a cloud of sorts. But you state yours is on your glass.

Try to take a pic so we can see it.

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Hi there - I had something that sounds quite similar on my plants. My LFS thought it might be a bacteria. My ottos wouldn't touch it ... infact a couple died. I bought some solution to lower the phosphate, scrubbed the white stuff off manually using a little brush, did a 50% water change and turned the lights off for a couple of weeks. I had to do this a couple of times but that was about 6 weeks ago and fingers crossed, it hasn't returned.

I hope that's useful.