Algae or...?

by **ReptileLuver729** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:59 pm

A couple weeks ago I noticed a few dots of this stuff and assumed it was betta poo, but now it has takin over the whole substrate, dividers, and plants! What is it and what can I do to make it go away for good??
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It's absolutely disgusting looking, so please help! Smile

by **Netty** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:05 pm

I think someone said a while ago that it had to do with doing lots of water changes and lighting. If you get some airline you could suction it off the surface.

We get it sometimes in our containers that we have babies in and presume it happens there because we are water changing every other day.

by **ReptileLuver729** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:09 pm

I do a 25% water change weekly...Isn't that good?? LOL It's so gross looking sick

Thanks

by **Netty** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:47 pm

Yeah that's fine hun....I think it's just one of those things and maybe the lighting is the main cause. How long do you have your lights on for?

by **ReptileLuver729** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:50 pm

I turn them on when I get up for school at 6:45 A.M. and turn them off at about 10:00 P.M.

by **Netty** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:52 pm

I would try a little less....we don't normally turn any light on until late afternoon. So maybe switch yours on when you get home from school until 10.00pm and see if that makes a difference.

by **ReptileLuver729** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:54 pm

Ok will do...I need to clean tanks :P The turtle's and the betta's...I will update on what happens sometime soon Smile

by **Netty** on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:56 pm

Ok....good luck and hopefully it was just a lighting issue which can be solved really easily. Let us know if it makes any difference thumbup

by **Etcetera** on Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:34 am

Looks like diatoms (brown algae) to me, which is sometimes associated to the last stages of a tank which is undergoing a cycle. I've seen outbreaks of the stuff occur while cycling my filtered tanks, but after awhile it subsided and all I've got now is a bit of green algae here and there. It's entirely possible that it's due to lighting, although you might want to look into instability with your water parameters.

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