Like some of you out there I've hit an algae problem, and conventional algaecides won't touch it. Has anyone else encountered this algae. I'll try and describe it. It inhabits rocks and small stones, but not the substrate gravel,it carpets everything like fur fabric. It's very dark in colour, almost black. It attaches itself to the leaves of my amazons, but only the egdes,not the broad part of the leaf. It seems quite invasive. The only good point to it,is that it provides shelter for the fry in the tank. It's that thick on the rocks!
Can anyone please I.D. this algae. have you had it in your tank? What do you do to get rid of it? The water parameters are all within acceptable tolerences. There are the few odd phosphate spikes, but in general all's well. All the fishes are happy, even though the tank may be a little overloaded. I have an 02zone unit and this makes the water bug free. so has anyone encountered this problem?
Can anyone please I.D. this algae. have you had it in your tank? What do you do to get rid of it? The water parameters are all within acceptable tolerences. There are the few odd phosphate spikes, but in general all's well. All the fishes are happy, even though the tank may be a little overloaded. I have an 02zone unit and this makes the water bug free. so has anyone encountered this problem?