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I have a newly established glosso carpet and this green stuff has started showing up about 2 days ago as seen in the picture. The tank is 2 months old and runs ADA set up - 8 hours of light and co2, and fertilizing with ADA Step 1 and Brighty K. ANy advise on how to control and eliminate this...

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I am hoping somebody on this forum can identify the algae (if it is algae) that is growing in my tank. I am hoping with proper identification I can begin the proper treatment regimen. Your help is greatly appreciated!!!! Here are the details. I have a 54 gallon corner aquarium, South...

I recently set up a 29 gallon aquarium with eco-complete substrate. I've planted some pearl weed, wisteria, and elodea. I'm waiting to put fish in until everything stabilizes, the plants are established, and chemicals are good. For some reason the elodea didn't make it and melted away over...

Hi, I have a 50 gallon shrimp tank. I have string algae, and I want to get rid of it. I tried searching the forums for a solution, but I don't think the chemicals people are recommending are safe for shrimp. Please advise! Thank you!!!

I am recently trying to start a plantation tank and I had a huge piece of drift wood that has to be stationed in. I tried soaking it before putting it in tank. But due to its size it was difficult, so I directly put in tank, after Aquascaping. Firstly it started floating all went upside down...

Hi, I found out why my Java Moss is brown. It's not Brown Algae, but another one. I attached a picture, help me identify it please. I cannot find the info nowhere...

I also seem to have algae problems, it will come , I'll get rid of it, then it comes back. This last time I though I have been pretty good about trying to keep on top of it. I figure I must be doing something wrong for the last couple years so perhaps you can point it out. 55 gallon tank...

I've kept aquariums for decades and have a degree in Aquaculture, so this has me baffled. I received a shipment of moss that had a strange algae form on the moss that I've never encountered. This algae is slippery and stinky, much like the slime coat on fish that has been putting out excess...

Hello mates, this is my first post! :) Really wanted this to be my second post because I wanted to do one about the assembly of my planted project on which turns this same query. But I'm still working on it in detail and with many pictures, I promise to post it when it's ready. At the moment...

Hi all, I started my first planted aquarium 10 days ago. I am using ADA substrate, additives and fertilizers. And I am happy to see new growth of the plants. Now I want to add some shrimps and oto catfish for algae control and cleaning purposes. I am not going for any other fishes now. Later I...

Hi guys, I have a planted 60 liter tank (60x30x40), stable for over a year, pH ranging from 6.8-7.0, substrate ise arthworm humus, and pool filter sand. I add liquid fertilizer 2x a week after every tpa, co2 cilindoer and addition of organic carbon daily. At the moment my light broken and I'm...

Starting Date: 11/18/2012 Hey got a green hair algae on my dwarf baby tears and its spreading to neighboring plants. this is the second algae infestation that I am dealing with in this tank. The first was grey algae which was started due to my laziness which caused a lot of fish food being...

MY 29 gallon has been planted (heavily) for a week and yesterday I introduced 5 neon tetras to the tank. I am using the PPS fert program: just under 3 ml daily of the macro and micro nutrients. Ten hours of light (55 watt) and some strong indirect light in early morning and late afternoon...

Hi guys! I just want to share my outdoor tank. It's been more than a moth since setup and to save electricity I have placed this under direct sunlight from sunrise to sunset. I only have a medium sized sponge filter and seldom do water changes. Maybe just once every week and sometimes once in...

Hello freshyplanty26 here just stop in by to say hello to the forum I live in Vegas were fish are a status symbol lol Look for a post from me soon about one of my tanks 10 g betta paradise tank 29 g bow front amazon sword ottocats amongst the flowers 55 g azure Anubis tank leopard pleco & sae My...

So, last May I set up my first big C02 planted aquarium. Things were going great, until I went away at Christmas and I think things got out of whack. Here's the set-up: -65 gallon aquarium, 2 x high intensity T5 (30 micromols at lowest plant tips, 2 inches off substrate at front) - fluorite...

I have a 70 gallon tank (18 inches tall) that has been set up for ~5 months. I have a pair of apistos and ~10 corys and ~10 serpae type tetras that I feed once a day. I have ADA soil and inject CO2. The lighting is 130 watts of CF (19 inches from the substrate level) and a 24 watt T5 (again...

Hi All, Hoping I can get some help here. I've suddenly had my whole tank afflicted by something strange and unidentifiable. It happened very rapidly and is affecting all the different species of plants in the tank (Anubias, Java Fern, Amazon Sword mostly). It doesn't scrape off like an algae (I...