What is this ? an Algea?

[cglrngr]

Hello all,

İ have 60x40x40 96l tank

eheim ecco pro 300, 350 skim

30w dıy power led

8 hours open light time

30ppm potas
30ppm nitrate
15ppm phospate in a week row

for micro element

• Sulphur (SO3) 20%
• Magnesium Oxide (MgO) 27.2%
• Magnesium (Mg) 16.4%
• Iron (Fe) (EDTA Chelated) 1.45%
• Manganese (Mn) 0.8%
• Boron (B) 0.21%
• Zinc (Zn) 0.6%
• Copper (Cu) 0.18%
• Molybdenum (Mo) 0.10%

1ml for 40 litre im using 0,5ml for 2 days in week

FE: 104gr dtpa %7 mixed 1000ml water and dosing 1ml for 2 days in week (i cant calculate for ppm cause i cant enter web page)

i have this algea i think. İ can clean it with toothbursh like a spagetti but what is reason of this alge?

 

[Matty123]

Like spaghetti? Does that mean to say you can twist it off? That would be fuzz/filament algae which is the result of low co2, low flow, low nutrients and possible ammonia spikes.

If it's mainly on the glass and plants and other features then that would be GDA (green dust algae) which is also a result of the above also contributed by high intensity of lighting or prolonged photo period. This can be fixed by leaving it well alone for a few weeks until it physically falls off.


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[cglrngr]

Like spaghetti? Does that mean to say you can twist it off? That would be fuzz/filament algae which is the result of low co2, low flow, low nutrients and possible ammonia spikes.

If it's mainly on the glass and plants and other features then that would be GDA (green dust algae) which is also a result of the above also contributed by high intensity of lighting or prolonged photo period. This can be fixed by leaving it well alone for a few weeks until it physically falls off.


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Yea i can use toothbursh and turned around and it is wraped on tootbursh. İ have good flow and using Eİ my co2 always top level. i have 2 indicator and always yellow and light green. But i dont know what is this algea's reasons?

 

[rusticdr]

Mostly due to excess light. Even though the watt per gallon is around 1ish ur par levels may be high. Remove as much as possible everyday manually, simultaneously start dosing excel 1x dose daily for 2 weeks and reduce photo period to 6 hrs or increase the height of the lights if possible.

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[Kezzab]

Manual removal, water changes and give it time. I had this when tank was first set up, now its gone. Took a 3 weeks maybe. It's probably just phase. Don't stress yet.