[niko]

This algae has been haunting me for a while now. It can easily be removed with a toothbrush - basically combed out from hairgrass or Java Moss:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=127

My tanks are 2-3 wpg, CO2 is at least 20, I dose Fe and Traces but no P and N. Not many fish.

The tanks get very little algae on the front glass but the algae pictured above are always present.

Any experiences?

--Nikolay

 

[niko]

Thanks for the replies.

I did think that was Cladophora. I had the same algae about a year ago, nice and tidy on a piece if wood. It actually looked very nice and never spread anywhere else. Grew very slow too.

Shrimp... It will be pretty costly to me to put enough shrimp in 3 tanks, one of which is 180 gals. Only a few shrimp won't do, I know that well.

I do have enough water flow in all the tanks. At least I like to think so. I could add a powerhead and see what happens though.

Water changes don't seem to harm this algae. It's my view that this algae benefits from all the things that benefit plants and does not really like what other algae like.

--Nikolay

 

[niko]

Well, an update on Cladopora:

I will sound like a broken record but the way to fight it is to make your plants happy. Cladophora is a stubborn algae but if the plants grow well its growth becomes limited to only certain areas. Also - when suppressed by the good plant growth the Cladophora removal is easier for some reason.

I'd say that from my experience the best approach in fighting Cladophora is meticulous (read "tedious, daily") removal and happy plants.

--Nikolay