Terrible green algae on rocks

[Deano3]

Hi everyone , still getting algae on rocks and some susspect bba on plants and om some parts of carpet.

My outflow hits a bucephlandra plant and wondering if i remove this it may help the flow ? I am slowly dialling in the co2 and seems to be nice green at lights on.

Would some nerites get rid of the algae ? I have always debated getting snails and actually did once but didnt relise had planeria so all died so never got to see if the eggs etc were bad, the green algae is hard to scrub off with even a wire brush and very time consuming. Is ot the horned clithon nerites that are meant to lay the least eggs ?

Thanks dean

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

If it’s not rubbing off then that’s GSA, and I’m plagued with the same crap on my rocks. The ONLY way to get rid of it is by spot treating with liquid carbon, h202, or remove the hardscape and bleach it. A good power wash will take it right off too but that requires you removing the hardscape from the tank.

Whatever route you choose, you need to figure out what’s causing it because little by little it will come back, trust me. I hate it more than any other algae, considering it’s the only visible kind in my tank.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

the green algae is hard to scrub off with even a wire brush and very time consuming.

I really like it, rocks without any biofilm just look unnatural, <"but Nerites will remove it">.

cheers Darrel

 

[MichaelJ]

Hi all,

I really like it, rocks without any biofilm just look unnatural, <"but Nerites will remove it">.

cheers Darrel

I agree. I still wonder what type of algae it is?

Cheers,
Michael

 

[John q]

. I still wonder what type of algae it is?

On the carpet bba, the rocks.. suspect its some form of gsa, but could be wrong.

 

[jaypeecee]

I still wonder what type of algae it is?

Hi @MichaelJ

It may be worth taking a look here:

AlgaeBase :: Listing the World’s Algae

Algaebase :: Listing the World's Algae

www.algaebase.org

I have found this useful from time to time.

Good luck!

JPC