fishyfoofoo
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jul 10, 2007
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I have green algae that grows on the hermits and snails.... I have very good water parameters:
SG 1.023
ph 8.2
ammonia 0
nitrate 0
I have also had red slime algae in the past that I handled with red slime remover. It occasionally pops up in small amounts and I treat it again and it goes away. Some of the algae growing on the hermits is even on their body and not just the shell. This algae looks a bit like red slime( it is red but not long and stringy). Also some of the other algae on the shells looks reddish.
Is this red slime algae growing on these animals? I feel bad that I can't even see their shells anymore. The shells used to look nice. This algae covers anything I put in the tank very rapidly. I put in a power head and within a week it was covered in green and reddish algae.
I told the lfs and their only suggestion was to do more water changes, turn the lights off earlier, clean the glass more often, etc... I have tried these things, but they seem to not do a whole lot.
Is their some information I don't know about? I always see tanks where everything looks pristine and it's a struggle for me to get there.
TIA,
Ryan
SG 1.023
ph 8.2
ammonia 0
nitrate 0
I have also had red slime algae in the past that I handled with red slime remover. It occasionally pops up in small amounts and I treat it again and it goes away. Some of the algae growing on the hermits is even on their body and not just the shell. This algae looks a bit like red slime( it is red but not long and stringy). Also some of the other algae on the shells looks reddish.
Is this red slime algae growing on these animals? I feel bad that I can't even see their shells anymore. The shells used to look nice. This algae covers anything I put in the tank very rapidly. I put in a power head and within a week it was covered in green and reddish algae.
I told the lfs and their only suggestion was to do more water changes, turn the lights off earlier, clean the glass more often, etc... I have tried these things, but they seem to not do a whole lot.
Is their some information I don't know about? I always see tanks where everything looks pristine and it's a struggle for me to get there.
TIA,
Ryan