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I got home from work early this evening. Decided I would grab a beer and just sit in front of my tank and watch the neons go crazy because they think itās dinner time.
Upon looking closely at my Christmas moss, I noticed the Centers of the plants were starting to look very fuzzy, and bright green. Definitely some algae or possibly blue green algae growing there.
I have done a bit of homework on algae, but by no means an expert.
it was the worst on the top of the driftwood closest to the light, go figure, haha.
I removed the top two golf ball sized Christmas moss plants, itās hard the grab just algae with the tweezers on those plants.
the algae at first appeared to be slimey, but when I compare it to videos Iāve watched on the internet, I would say itās more stringy than slimy.
it also didnāt pull away from the small leaved plants very well. Larger sections did of course separate from itself, it is pretty well imbedded in the moss.
I found some similar looking algae growth on the driftwood, and did a scrape test on it, and it breaks away freely into pieces, does not come apart as one piece or Ali that would typically be seen with blue-green algae.
Does this mean I donāt have blue-green algae? Absolutely not, as I donāt know for sure Iām not inspecting two different things here.
In the meantime, Iāve learned that putting some of the āalgaeā into a container and leaving it for 24 hours can let you know if itās bacteria or algae. For example, if you have blue green algae, which is a bacteria, that sample you placed in the container should have a noticeable green āglowā for lack of a better word, around it which would be indicative of bacteria growth.
I have done that for now. Iāll check on it tomorrow and share results.
22gal long
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate~10ppm
Ph 7.8
Gh ~250ppm (hard water that Iām lowering slowly with RO water)
Kh ~140ppm
Temp 78
Lighting: 2x32ā led bulbs by aqueon. 11 hour cycle on.
Stocking: 15 neon tetras, 2 cories, 2 nerite snails.
Tank age~4.5-6 months, canāt remember right now.
Edit: Iām at weekly water changes right now, %25
This is still an immature tank, so Iām expecting algae growth and i already visible have a few different kinds that I can see, I just basically want to check this particular one out. Make sure itās not blue-green algae, as I live in Canada and donāt have much access to bacteria fighting meds. Last time I did treat trying to help my fish, I lost some of my good bacteria and had to cycle my tank again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And I took dozens of pictures, thatās the best one I got. Iām going to tag a few people here, but anyone else, if you know someone else I donāt that can weigh in, bring them along.
@Colin_T @NCaquatics @essjay
thanks everyone
Upon looking closely at my Christmas moss, I noticed the Centers of the plants were starting to look very fuzzy, and bright green. Definitely some algae or possibly blue green algae growing there.
I have done a bit of homework on algae, but by no means an expert.
it was the worst on the top of the driftwood closest to the light, go figure, haha.
I removed the top two golf ball sized Christmas moss plants, itās hard the grab just algae with the tweezers on those plants.
the algae at first appeared to be slimey, but when I compare it to videos Iāve watched on the internet, I would say itās more stringy than slimy.
it also didnāt pull away from the small leaved plants very well. Larger sections did of course separate from itself, it is pretty well imbedded in the moss.
I found some similar looking algae growth on the driftwood, and did a scrape test on it, and it breaks away freely into pieces, does not come apart as one piece or Ali that would typically be seen with blue-green algae.
Does this mean I donāt have blue-green algae? Absolutely not, as I donāt know for sure Iām not inspecting two different things here.
In the meantime, Iāve learned that putting some of the āalgaeā into a container and leaving it for 24 hours can let you know if itās bacteria or algae. For example, if you have blue green algae, which is a bacteria, that sample you placed in the container should have a noticeable green āglowā for lack of a better word, around it which would be indicative of bacteria growth.
I have done that for now. Iāll check on it tomorrow and share results.
22gal long
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate~10ppm
Ph 7.8
Gh ~250ppm (hard water that Iām lowering slowly with RO water)
Kh ~140ppm
Temp 78
Lighting: 2x32ā led bulbs by aqueon. 11 hour cycle on.
Stocking: 15 neon tetras, 2 cories, 2 nerite snails.
Tank age~4.5-6 months, canāt remember right now.
Edit: Iām at weekly water changes right now, %25
This is still an immature tank, so Iām expecting algae growth and i already visible have a few different kinds that I can see, I just basically want to check this particular one out. Make sure itās not blue-green algae, as I live in Canada and donāt have much access to bacteria fighting meds. Last time I did treat trying to help my fish, I lost some of my good bacteria and had to cycle my tank again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And I took dozens of pictures, thatās the best one I got. Iām going to tag a few people here, but anyone else, if you know someone else I donāt that can weigh in, bring them along.
@Colin_T @NCaquatics @essjay
thanks everyone
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