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Razer2007
24-01-2012, 19:44
What's this? Blue Green Algae? It's growing slowly and suffocating the leaves it is on. It's on my rotala too.

What do I do to remove it? I got a Pleco and a Garra taeniata. Both aren't really doing their job.

http://imagehost.losias.net/images/XhrYv.jpg
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Vez
24-01-2012, 19:59
dont know, but i had the same (sort of) on my anubia.
Razer2007
24-01-2012, 20:01
Excel apparently helps for algae?
Vez
24-01-2012, 20:05
http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_freshwater_algae.php

dude see the part of the blue green algae!
azurekoi
24-01-2012, 20:08
Cyanobacteria mate.... Have a read here : http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?6182-enemy-advances-call-to-arms Read from post # 16....
Sean J
24-01-2012, 20:19
Good old Cyano... It is not an algae. It is a bacteria. The best way to rid yourself of this stuff, is to create some more flow in your tank. I have it too, but a cube is not the easiest tank to add extra circulation to. But some extra water movement will help a lot! Also, adding an airstone at night may help to remove it. I have no clear evidence of this, but it seems to be working for me, and it worked in my marine tank too...

Good luck... The last alternative is an antibiotic... But that is a VERY last resort.
Razer2007
24-01-2012, 20:26
Interesting thread azurekoi :p Read most of it.

Thanks for the link Vez

Sean J, I got my HOB Aquaclear 300 on full flow. I can only add and airstone in the day otherwise I can't sleep. I'll try it tomorrow. Ugly b#st#ards.

Are there any fish to remove it? I also read (link that Vez gave) that Elodea secrete antibiotic stuff which can help with it. I'll get some Elodea from a girl in my class and cultivate some for backup and just let it float in the tank :p
Vez
24-01-2012, 20:28
sweet dude,let us know how its turns out
Sean J
24-01-2012, 20:32
Heck, if elodea removes it, I see a hole bunch of elodea increasing in price soon! LOL!

Ah, the tank is in your room... But try an eheim air pump. I got one the other day, and it works like a bomb and it's SILENT!
azurekoi
24-01-2012, 20:40
Unfortunately Elodea is a BL species.....
Razer2007
24-01-2012, 20:43
sweet dude,let us know how its turns out

Definitely


Heck, if elodea removes it, I see a hole bunch of elodea increasing in price soon! LOL!

Ah, the tank is in your room... But try an eheim air pump. I got one the other day, and it works like a bomb and it's SILENT!

Haha well you'll never know if you don't try. I accept PayPal and credit card ;) Oh and the pump... How much?


Unfortunately Elodea is a BL species.....

Well then... call me black.
......
What? Me? I don't have any of 'em. And I won't propagate it if I get some. Don't worry.
Vez
24-01-2012, 20:43
Unfortunately Elodea is a BL species.....

the mod in azurekoi.......lol joke net dude!

now looking at the link, i had those small green dots.....
Sean J
24-01-2012, 20:46
Oh and the pump... How much?



R250 at Aquatic Vision (sams)
Sean J
24-01-2012, 20:47
the mod in azurekoi.......lol joke net dude!

now looking at the link, i had those small green dots.....

The small dark green dots are GSA - Green Spot Algae. A sign of a lack of Po4. Or lighting on for too long.
Razer2007
24-01-2012, 20:47
R250 at Aquatic Vision (sams)

Maybe some day. I don't have money to waste (no not like that - I mean it's not like I NEED it) . I want another tank.
Vez
24-01-2012, 20:50
yeah that was way back in 2011 lol!

eish 250 000 000 zim dollar for that airpump? thank goodness i can sleep through a spitfire attack! so el cheapy will do then!
Lloydster
25-01-2012, 10:18
razor try upping nitrates.. cyano does not like nitrates but loves phosphate and high organic build up also dead spots in your tank. you can do a black out and remove as much as possible. this stuff is a bacteria not an algae and will grow like a plant if you feed it what it wants.

good luck! also as a last resort erythromicyn kills it dead!
Razer2007
25-01-2012, 15:11
Nitrates you say?

I dose the full microbelift range. I could OD nitrates and cut on phosphates. I'm going to put an air stone in there and reduce light period.
Razer2007
26-01-2012, 16:45
I've had the lights off for a very long time now, and also keeping my room closed that it's dark. I had an airstone under it but it doesn't seem to be getting any less. There's even a few patches on the sand :(

What fish will eradicate it?
azurekoi
27-01-2012, 09:05
Cyanobacteria is not overtly dependant on light mate (remeber - it is a symbiotic relationship between algae and bacteria cells,so not entirely dpendant on photosynthesis...)

No fish that I know of will eat cyano... It can also turn toxic in high concentrations...
ASHMAN
27-01-2012, 16:29
I also had this on a dead spot , improved circulation , scrubbed and vacuumed as much as possible and it disappeared!
Razer2007
29-01-2012, 12:22
Good. I don't like having a dark tank in the day. I removed most of it but it's still increasing on some spots :(

How do you vacuum the tank? It's also getting bad on my rotala.
Razer2007
04-02-2012, 17:38
I removed the plants/leaves it was on, and also manually removed some if it from other spots. I feed a little less and dose ferts a little less too. It seems to be getting a bit less and it's also helping with my snails :)
Razer2007
05-02-2012, 13:31
Here's some pics of a S.percnopterygionus eating Cyanobacteria, just for those interested. So there is a better solution, but I guess finding this species is a hard game.

http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2010/03/14/algaeating001.jpg
http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2010/03/14/algaeating002.jpg (http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2010/03/14/algaeating002.jpg)
azurekoi
05-02-2012, 13:40
He,he - good luck finding those Razer.... Maybe that's why my tank has never had any Cyano....
Razer2007
05-02-2012, 13:49
I won't even try finding them dude - just for some info :)