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jacobw
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200 ltr 40x18x18 planted tank.
Lights 36x4 PL's 10 hours
Eheim Pro 2032
Multiple fishes and plants
Co2 40 bpm
Please help identify the Algae and recommend a cure
Java Moss with Algae
Hair Grass - the brown color is that algae? |
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Ram_a_rosi
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:46 am Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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Jacob
1. What is the duration of lights
2. Reduce nutrients levels
3. introduce algae eaters like otocinclus catfish
4. perform large water changes |
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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Is this a new tank?
Seems like Caldophora
In medium/less lights it is brown in colour.
I recently had a very bad attack of this algae in my tank.
I was able to tackle it by increasing lights, sucking out all algae during heavy water changes, using gluteraldehyde.
It is now almost gone in my tank, some area still have it but it is not spreading. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Jacob, can you post bigger or close up pictures of your algae to help us identify it. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Brown thing on hair grass looks like dead leaves...... |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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Increase your CO2 levels by atleast double. How are you diffusing CO2 in your tank ?
Keep lights on for 6hrs only. Remove as much algae as you can by hand regularly. Spot treat the algae with flourish excel |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Ram_a_rosi wrote (View Post):
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Jacob
1. What is the duration of lights
2. Reduce nutrients levels
3. introduce algae eaters like otocinclus catfish
4. perform large water changes
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jacobw
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Yes it is a new tank , a month old, not yet started dozing |
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jacobw
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Ram_a_rosi wrote (View Post):
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Jacob
1. What is the duration of lights
2. Reduce nutrients levels
3. introduce algae eaters like otocinclus catfish
4. perform large water changes
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10 hours lights, no dozing yet new tank 1month old, already have GAE and SAE 2 each |
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piranhas
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Mortis wrote (View Post):
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Increase your CO2 levels by atleast double. How are you diffusing CO2 in your tank ?
Keep lights on for 6hrs only. Remove as much algae as you can by hand regularly. Spot treat the algae with flourish excel
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Pressurezied CO2 40bps , increasing this to 60bps , should it be more? |
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jacobw
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| thanks |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Increase CO2 and start dosing ferts !! Dont deprive your plants of fertilizers !! Remove as much of the algae as you can manually and spot treat the rest with flourish excel. Reduce light period to 6-7 hrs and ensure good flow all over your tank |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:21 am Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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60 BPS ??? Hope its not a fountain on CO2 inside tank!!! Usually people use 3-4 bps at max. Algae in first pic needs to be ruthlessly torn and taken out every time you notice. For algae in second pic, its usually due to low or fluctuating CO2 supply but I am wondering why it is inspite of such his CO2 levels. Since its a new tank, I suggest you to do 50% water change twice a week for next month. Spot dosing of Flourish Excel or 25% concentrate Glut ( max 2 ml )will help you to get rid of brown algae. I have done and it and got rid of it.
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jacobw
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:58 am Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| apcmge wrote (View Post):
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60 BPS ??? Hope its not a fountain on CO2 inside tank!!! Usually people use 3-4 bps at max. Algae in first pic needs to be ruthlessly torn and taken out every time you notice. For algae in second pic, its usually due to low or fluctuating CO2 supply but I am wondering why it is inspite of such his CO2 levels. Since its a new tank, I suggest you to do 50% water change twice a week for next month. Spot dosing of Flourish Excel or 25% concentrate Glut ( max 2 ml )will help you to get rid of brown algae. I have done and it and got rid of it.
Regards
Sanjay Dubey
09867988882
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Thanks Sanjay, it is 60 BPM ( minute) so 1 BPS . i have some shrimps will they get effected with Flourish Excel? |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: pls help identify algae and recommend cure |
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| Ram_a_rosi wrote (View Post):
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Jacob
1. What is the duration of lights
2. Reduce nutrients levels
3. introduce algae eaters like otocinclus catfish
4. perform large water changes
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10 hours lights, no dozing yet new tank 1month old, already have GAE and SAE 2 each
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There is normally a brown algae attack on new tanks that is being cycled. |
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