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Last edited by aggrocichlidfan; 05-15-2009, 07:11 AM.210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
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hair algae or beard algae maybe....... what color? pics would deffinately help ID.Last edited by cichlid1409; 05-13-2009, 11:58 PM. -
its almost clear its only on my driftwood tho and i dont have acamera210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) hahaComment
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ugh how u get rid of it?
and how is it caused?210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) hahaComment
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Its just a type of algae. You will need to do plenty of water changes. Its caused by a lot of light into the tank and/or excess nutrients just like any other algae it just harder to get rid of. The other way is to get a lot of algae eating fish/shrimp depending on the tank mates.Comment
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Looking at your tank list your options appear to be water changes, Plecos, or Olive Nerites. Olive Nerites do a great job but if you have female and males they will lay white eggs everywhere they wont fertilize but it can look ugly at times.Comment
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Turn you filter off drop the water level a little use a small metal brush and get busy let the sediment settle for a few minutes and siphon.
Repeat once a week and if there are no plants in your tank you can even turn the lights off a few days just to make sure if it is algae, it will die.
Cheers,
Luis
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A pic would be very helpfull
what kind of wood?
could be the start of algae (low light) or fungus. either way WC is in your future (so says the magic 8 ball)
if it ends up being algae, add shrimp (if you can) and hitthe algae with excel. Directly if you can. this will kill the algae and let the shrimp eat it faster.
Also, the little red neon gobys that hve been becomming popular will eat it as well without excel.
If it is fungus, WC and ride it out. Remove as much as you can manually and suck it out with your syphon tube, if it is fungus it will grow in size so that it will appear to be blobs. Not sure if med's will help as it is a differant kind of fungus then what the med's target.
Post pic's so a good id can be made.Houston Areas Aquatic Plant Society
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I have never had a problem with African root. But I had some drift wood that I bought at a LFS that was a fungus factory. threw it away I think it was too soft.200
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White fuzzy sounds like a bacteria growth.... I got it and a few others got it on their driftwood as well.
After the wood soaked in a good amount of water and the tank settled mine disappeared, also O-cats seem to have helped.700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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its beem in the water for months and it jus now started gettin it bad.. and wats a o cat?210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) hahaComment
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210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) hahaComment
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