algae

Hi! So, I've recently been having a problem in my tank with very murky green water. I had it a couple months ago, but it eventually miraculously went away, then now it's slowly come back. As you can see in the picture below, my water is seriously murky, and my tank looks pretty bad. So, I...

So, I finally got cycled two nights ago (fishless cycle, took 18 days).   I have a little fluval edge 6 gallon with two anacharis plants and one anubis.     I wound up with a stoway assassin snail and one other "common snail" I think....that one is super teeny.   Anyway...I have seachem flourite...

Okay, so I just completed my weekly water change, about 45% this week since it had been nearer 10 days since the last one rather than 7, and things went smoothly but as i was watching my fish settle, I noticed a couple things. One, i can see green algae forming, finally, which means I'm going to...

Okay, I have been slacking on this topic for a while.   Here are some piccys of the awful algae I've been having in my 5 gallon. I purchased a nerite to clean up, but he either can't get on the leaves where the algae is growing, or he avoids it.   The tank is in front of a window, and I want to...

I have 2 tanks.   Tank 1    100L :  6 glowlight tetras, 4 guppies, 4 red eye tetras, 2 golden balloon rams, 2 penguin tetras and one Melanistius Corydoras ohhh and one snail   Tank 2     40L :  10 Guppies   I need to keep the glass free of algae does anyone know of any good community fish that I...

Hey all, about a week ago i noticed a small amount of what i think is black hair algae appearing on some of my ornaments in my tank, i actually went on holiday the next day so couldn't do anything about it, now i'm back it's definitely got worse and has started multiplying and i now have...

I've been trying to grow algae for my nerite tiger snail to eat. I finally got green algae so I put some in my tank earlier this afternoon. It doesn't look like he has touched it! :( I think it might be classified as hair algae since it floats a little and is attached to the rock. Do snails not...

(First off I hope this is the right section to post this in)   Sooooo I have been trying to grow some algae on some rocks for my tiger snail for a while now. My first attempted yielded black algae and I was told that snails don't eat that kind so I rinsed everything and tried again and for a...

Hi all,   Have a few questions to ask regarding ferts etc. etc.   As people who have read my posts before will know, i'm in the middle of a plant-in cycle, 70L tank.. looking to create a fairly heavily planted community aquarium. Lights are LEDs equivalent to 6 w/L and are on 7/8 hours daily.  ...

Hi, is there an easy way to grow green algae in a bowl or something so I can scrape it off and dump it in my main tank for food? Can I just fill a glass container and stick it in the sun? I remember seeing a thread about this before but I didn't consider doing it till now.

I have a fish tank and recently for some reason I have been getting a hair like algae. I usually just get the regular algae that is on rocks that sucker fish will take off. But I can not get this hair like algae to go away. It is also a pain to pull off. Does anyone know what I need to change to...

Okay so I made a post about something on one of my new plants (the kind that are sold in plastic tubes so they are suppose to be snail free and such) and I noticed something weird on it (here's the link) and I didn't get an answer as to what it was so I just went a head and took the plant out to...

I have a 120g planted tank and recently I've noticed an algae takeover   it seems almost moss like in appearance and covers our dwarf hair grass, baby drawf tears and our drift wood.  I haven't noticed it on our myrio, swords, or lotus at all though.  we have 6 otocinclus in the tank and they...

Why do I have dark purple algae growing on my live rock? There are also some bright green spots. I just cleaned my tank and there was brown algae all over the substrate and walls. How do I take care of this WITHOUT adding chemicals? 

I had a bloom of algae. It nearly covered my walls. I have a 20 gal, planted aquarium with a few bloodfin and neon tetras, a fiddler crab, and an angelfish. I went to my local Petsmart and got a Rubber Lipped Plecostamus (suckerfish). Unlike the black ones he only around 4-5 inches (from what...

Just want to know what these little leaves are and if it needs to be removed or not. My other tank I've had for years has never had this problem so am a bit cofused.

Here are a couple pictures:         Any ideas? It is growing throughout, and my 6 otos and 3 gobys aren't touching it!

I'm starting to get really disheartened! :(   I've had my tank up and cycled for about 2 months.   I am still getting diatoms everywhere, as well as blue green algae (or is it cyanobacteria), and black hairy algae on my rocks.   I am so very frustrated!   I do water changes every 1.5 weeks.   ...

Hi, some of my live rock is starting to go a bit green an I'm getting a bit of hair algae. I m trying to manually remove it but I'm looking for a longer term solution. I have a 15l tmc cube with stock lighting and skimmer but I have added activated carbon and filter floss and upgraded the...

White growth on my java moss. I have a 30 gal, light during the day, off at night. Tried an old "Flourish" product we have had for years, could be why but I'm still worried for my fish as they are african cichlids, the mother has gotten very agressive, and they are rubbing their sides on the...