Green Dust Algae Started On My Tank

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milindsaraswala

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I have 18 gallon fresh water tank (i.e. L = 22inch, D = 10.5inch, H = 18inch) with FloraMax substrate and filter capacity is 800 l/h . With Finnex Ray2 7000K Light.
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I am keeping my light on for 10 hrs a day. Fluval 20g Co2. 1 Bubble per 2 second. I amĀ 
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Tank parametersĀ 

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  • 0 Ammonia


  • 0 Nitrate


  • 10 Nirate


  • 7.6 Ph

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Fish

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  • 5 amano shrimp


  • 1 Blue Dwarf Gourami


  • 5 Rasbaros


  • 4 GuppyĀ 

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Plants

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  • Java Fern


  • hair grass


  • Anubias nana


  • Cabomba Caroliniana


  • Plear Weed


  • Lugwida


  • Hygrosphila Polysperma Rosanervig


  • Vallisneria

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I am dosing daily Seachem liquid fertiliser as per Seachem Dosing Chart.

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  • Iron


  • Flourish


  • Flourish Nitrogen


  • Flourish Phosphorous


  • Flourish Potassium


  • Flourish Trace

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I redo my tank just before 1 week and from last 2-3 days my tank started with Green dust algae.
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How can I rid of it.
 
okay what you mean by you redid this tank just before 1 week? dose that mean this tank is a new setup?
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this website may help with the algaeĀ http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm
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but GDA is caused by low co2 and or low nutrients and can be common in new setups best way to get rid of it as i presume its on your front glass just wipe it off with a scraper or clean sponge check the link above for a more in-depth help
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with regards to your co2, do you have a drop checker inside the tank so you are monitoring the co2, here is a good thread on drop checkers
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http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/268972-drop-checkers-how-they-work/
 

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