Re: Algae

[ceilidhgirl]

hi

Probably a silly beginner question but....

i'm going to be cycling my first tank soon

i feel so daft asking this, but will algae grow if i have fake plants in my tank?
or is this just a hazard of tanks with real plants?

jst so i know

thanks in advance

ales x

 

[KentBlokey]

There's many types of algae, some grow on any surface, including your silk plants.

Difference being that silk plants can be taken out and cleaned more easily. HTH.

 

[TammyLiz]

I don't know, I have one silk plant in a small unplanted tank and it ended up with diatoms and staghorn algae on it. Not looking too great, just brown and ugly and, well, fake. It's got to go. I may as well have a pretty plant with ugly algae on it than an ugly silk thing with algae on it, IMO. And planted tanks do not have to be overrun with algae.