algae

This white stuff showed up the other day, I think it was maybe the day after a water change? Does anyone know what it is or how to get rid of it? I first noticed it on the plants (none of the plants are new) and now it seems to be on the substrate too. My tank currently has 3 old guppies (I...

is this algae ?? how do i get rid of it

Does anyone know what kind of algae this is? Also maybe the implications this algae says about the health of my tank? Just curious! :)

Quick question if you don't mind. I have a window about 5 feet from my tanks and while they aren't getting direct sunlight there is definitely ambient light coming through. My algae isn't out of control but wondering if you think it'd be a good idea to black out the window or if I should reduce...

So I had these lights from when I had a reef tank (Ocean Revive Arctic T247). Currently been running 2 weeks with 1 dwarf black ram my friend had to get rid of. I'm starting to get a redish brown algae on some of the plants and rocks. Had the lights set at 25% white 15% blue for 8hrs for the...

I found these turbine shape micro-organisms in my tank. They seems like hydra where they have a stem and branches, but hydra branches are thin but mine is big.

2 Eukaryotes fighting?, 1 in a turbine shape, 1 as a blob. They were found on my scraper while I was scraping algae. Edit: they weren't fighting, the keratella rotifer (blob) accidentally sucked onto the hydra (turbine shape).

I found this algae from my fish tank. What is the the scientific name of the algae circled? Seems like microspora.

The black algae like stuff is almost impossible to get rid of. How do I get rid of it? When I cleaned off the hide it came off like a black slime of some sort. Pls help

So i have added some driftwood to my tank about 5 days ago. The drift wood was sat in a bucket of water for a week beforehand. I have used this driftwood in my tank in the past, and dont remember having any previous problems with it. However it has this white fluffy / fuzzy algae growing to it...

We’re looking for a magnetic algae cleaner/scraper that is suitable for acrylic aquariums. I know there are loads on the market, but the trouble we’re having is finding one big enough for a 31mm thick acrylic aquarium in the UK. We’ve asked a few local aquatics stores and they can’t even order...

How should I clean my filter and when? I used to have a 70l uk filter and I cleaned it fully with tap water. Apparently that's really bad? I now have a 200l uk tank with a powerful filter for 500l - 800l. I've only had the tank running for about 2 weeks. I decided to do a fish in cycle, all of...

I'm confused. I recently acquired 4 algae eating snails, I'm not sure what species they are. They arent nerite snails, they're covered in algae so I really can't tell. I've noticed one of them has a white mark on its underside, I can only see it when it's on the glass. I'm not sure if its eggs...

I have a 30gal and switched from an HoB to a Marineland Magniflow 220 canister filter approximately 5 weeks ago (Im only using the provided media, no custom stuff). I left my HoB running for a week, just to help get the new filter up and running. For the first few weeks, it was working like a...

Hello all! I hope you’re well! I’m currently after some answers as I can’t find them anywhere, I’ve had my planted tropical aquarium roughly 4 months, and yesterday I noticed what appeared to be these see through beige spots on two of my live plants and my seachem ammonia checker which is on the...

Hi, I have a lot of tanks. All have been running fine for months. Some heavily planted. 2 planted tanks have just turned upside down and have no idea why. 1 had only green spot algae and I just removed the plant it was affecting before dosing with phosphate to fix this. The second tank had...

I’m in the process of cycling my new tank and I now have algae growing. Am I doing something wrong? How can I stop it? Also I’m unsure if this plant is dying and what I should do. My other plants are thriving

I've never seen these before... are they algae? A worm if some kind? They look like tiny green anemones in my planted 30gal. The only occupants atm are 4 oto cats. I scrubbed them off the sides of the tank my snails are avoiding them like the devil, physically rearing to avoid them...

I just completely redid my 40 gal tank after most of my fish died from ich. I took water from that tank and put it into my old 10 gal for now, but it started to turn slightly green. My stepdad who keeps fish said I should put that water back in because it had beneficial bacteria that the fish...

I have brown algae in the gravel only at the front of my tank. I own a bristlenose pleco which seems to help but not entirely remove it, any advice on this? Thanks