fuzz and gs - Algae

**turtlehead** · 01-16-2005, 11:26 AM

how do I get rid of those? what causes these? will amano shrimps help?

Simpte 27 · 01-16-2005, 01:27 PM

You can't rid your tank of algae (this is my understanding), but you can keep it in check. Balanced lighting, CO2, and nutrients is what is required. Keep the levels good and the plants will outcompete the algae for nutrients. Plants win, algae loses.

trenac · 01-16-2005, 04:39 PM

Green slime algae can be defeated with E-mycin or a blackout. Before starting a treatment remove as much by hand as possible. However you need to keep a balanced tank or it will come back.

Fuzz algae... Keeping a balanced tank as Simpte posted. Remove badly affected leaves, do a 50% water change and then dose nutrients and keep tank inbalance.

**turtlehead** · 01-16-2005, 06:04 PM

i meant green spot algae opps. so they arent a big problem as long as I got it all balanced?

trenac · 01-17-2005, 06:09 AM

As long as the algae is not out of control then it is normal to have some algae. Just keep your tank in-balance and the algae will stay under control.

About all you can do with green spot algae is to keep it scraped off the glass and clip off leaves of plants that are affected.

Also keep a variety of algae eaters, which will help eat the algae that does pop up.

**turtlehead** · 01-17-2005, 07:58 AM

amanos do good in this area, nice.