Bacterial bloom

[Eve]

Tank :
15 g
25 watt lights
levels good
sand
small biowheel filter

3 large sword plants ( well large in a 15 )
2 small namless plants

1 male betta
3 pepper cories

This tank has been cycled for months. Two months ago I lost some baby angels to swim bladder that I bought from walmart. This was before the new adds as seen above. The cories were added about a week and half after the angels were lost, and the tank was med etc. ( melafix) The betta was added bout three weeks ago. I feed frozen brine shrimp once ever four days. once every secound day I feed half a waffer and some betta mix.
Lights are on an average of 12 hours a day.
Water changes are done once a week, about 30 percent. I use a simple vacuum and all water that is added to my tank is water that is stored and pretreated. ( I have a really high ph level on tap water).

Problem:
Small hair like growth on everything : plants, slate, glass etc.
From a distance the tank looks a little coudy, up close you notice this hair everywhere. To date it has not seemed to effect my fish at all, but it is alarming me.

What I have done to date:
When I first noticed this problem about a month ago, I did the obvious. i:e water changes, took my plants and slate out and washed them in the emptied tank water, scrubbed my glass clean etc. I continued to do water changes twice a week afterwards for about two weeks. Upon some advice in chat I also cut down my feedings in half, to what they are now as listed above.
This growth however is very determined, and now has returned stronger then before. it is convering everything more thickly and is growing longer. It in places now actually looks like a thick white hair on my plants, glass etc.


What to do?
Aside from this becoming a weekly scrub athon, is there any suggestions?
Imm very interested in knowing What this is. What it is caused by. Iv tried to provide information to any questions you could possibly have.

Thanks

 

[Tempestuousfury]

First off, though this is now unimportant, angels should have tall tanks because of their size, so it's a good thing you don't have them in taht tank now.

Suggestion: get a quarantine tank to keep the diseases from being introduced to your tank.

Now, you need to tell us what type of lights you have in your tank (incandescent or fluorescent). We also need to know what your nitrate levels are.

The answer is probably too high nitrate levels, though you say they're fine...

 

[Eve]

First off, though this is now unimportant, angels should have tall tanks because of their size, so it's a good thing you don't have them in taht tank now.


Suggestion: get a quarantine tank to keep the diseases from being introduced to your tank.

Now, you need to tell us what type of lights you have in your tank (incandescent or fluorescent). We also need to know what your nitrate levels are.

The answer is probably too high nitrate levels, though you say they're fine...

I see, ever seen the size of a newborn angel? They tend to be about as big as a quarter. Dont assume this tank was perm.


>>Suggestion: get a quarantine tank to keep the diseases from being introduced to your tank.

And given what I described this would have helped how excatly? I didnt realize I needed an full explanation of eveything I own.

Though I say they are fine? Does fine mean different things to different people? They are at 8 . The ligting is fluorescent.

What answer excatly? Do you have a theory ?

 

[The-Wolf]

Hi Eve
The only thing I can suggest is eSHA protalon-707.
IMO it is the best anti-algea chemical on the market.
I'm not sure if you can order it in Canada though, if not
I can get some and send it to you.

 

[Eve]

Figure its algea huh?
Ill have a look around for some in the morning.
Thanks Danio

 

[Tropjunky]

Algae is the most likely things but if it's not effecting ur fish then don't worry too much