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I've had a bit of a fuzz algae problem, mostly growing on my rotala indica and four leaf clovers. They just look like tufts of short hairs, and seem to cluch onto the leaves rather tightly. 50 gallon substrate: eco complete Lighting : 1 Zoo Med Coral Flora Sun Plant Growth Bulb T8 25 Watts +...

I've been having a BBA problem for a while. About a month ago, I took out all of the driftwood, boiled it, scraped it and put to back in the tank. The BBA is starting to grow all over it again. Of course there was still BBA on some plants an other parts of the tank that I didn't clean so not...

I just noticed algae growing on my castle and the older leaf of my Amazon Sword. I also noticed it coating some of the gravel. What should I do? Should I put Algaefix in my aquarium or just leave this small amount of algae alone and see if it keeps growing? ] 20 gallon tank Water...

And now it is my turn to battle algae. I have Green Thread Algae overrunning my 12 gl 3-foot tank. The tank is about 6-months old and is about 40% planted with Rotala macrandra and 1 small red tiger lotus. The other 60% are Hemianthus callitrichoides and micranthemum, under 6700K HO H5 39W x 2...

I see that MCI has seemingly created its own science by naming RODOPHYTA SP. 2 SP. 1, SP. 5 and SP. 3 This is not an actual species by taxonomy as there are at least 1000 different types of Rhodophyta. Seems it was really more named by order of study to the original developer of the MCI method...

Hi everyone, I'm currently growing some HC emersed and having a bit of a problem with bubble-shaped algae growing on my substrate (AS Amazonia I). I was wondering if I should use some Excel to help curb the algae growth. Would it do any good? Would the lack of water harm the HC? If it...

hi, i have two pico natural tanks in my apartment. the 2.5g is more heavily planted. By way of introduction, here is my current situation: i discovered this site too late to prepare the tanks for adequate substrate for planting. so i only had general aquarium gravel, mixed with ammo chips. i...