Can Anyone Please Help Diagnose This ? See Pics

[eddyk]

I am a old rookie with a new tank. See Pics below

Tank: 29g tall 19" high.


I started with an T8 24" 17 w. 8000k full spectrum light 18" from substrate.

Substrate: Eco-Complete

Added Beamworks Plant Bright LED:54 LEDs 2700Lumen 0.50watt 54x 6500K 30 watts 12-14 hrs day ( I now know way too much time )
Ran both light together. Just today am only running T8 Light and will be 8-9 hrs.

Ammonia 0ppm Nitrates 0ppm Nitrates low (barely readable on the test strip). PO4 reading is between 0 and 0.25ppm I do a 10-15% water change weekly.

DIY CO2 ( yeast bottle - unsure on bubbles per minute ) On and off

Fish bio load is roughly 25 small 1-1.75 inch tetras, Plattys, Cory Cats.

I use 1/2 cap ful of Flourish 2x a week.

After I added the LED light the problem appeared slightly worsen.

I added 14 more ghost shrimp, 2 bamboo shrimp and a small pleco to eat algae.

I am starting a 125g tank tomorrow so they will have a bigger home.

Questions:

What are the algae on the plants?

Do the plants exhibit symptoms of other problems?

How do I get rid of the Algae?

I understand it is not a good idea to put these Algae infested plants, rocks and wood into the new tank without cleaning it. Correct?

How do I clean them?

Based on the above narrative any feedback?


I would really appreciate any help......

 

[eddyk]

A couple more Pics of the Algae affliction

Here are a few more pics of the plants with problems......

Thanks in advance to all who can please lend a hand !

 

[Dallascowboys16]

I would just cut your light back to 6 hours a day and maybe pick up some flourish excel (liquid co2 supplement) to slowly kill back the algae. It looks like you have the beginnings of black-beard algae which can be caused by a whole host of things. spot treat with H2O2 on the places that look like they are getting black algae/ dots. the anubias and java fern look like the worst afflicted as they are slow growers. I'm not sure about the exact combination of water and H2O2 you use to spot treat but a quick google search on "H2O2 spot treatment" can fix that. use a little pipette/turkey baster and spray the afflicted areas, leave your filters off for 30 min. afterwards and then turn them back on. Within 24 hours the Black-Beard Algae should start turning red indicating that it is dying. hope this helps.

 

[Brookster123]

Looks like your abubias and java fern are planted in the substrate, get them tied onto a deco or rock and out of the substrate and they'll do much better..
Are you dosing excel or glut?
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[eddyk]

Thanks for the tip

Dosing with Flourish.

What is glut?

 

[DragonFish71]

glut is Polycycloglutaracetal, the active ingredient in Flourish Excel or API CO2 boost. Same stuff.

 

[Delapool]

Was there holes in the leaves as well out of interest?

 

[eddyk]

No holes.

I dosed the tank with 3x recommended dosage of API CO2. Since its the same as Flourish Excel and that has worked others on this forum, we'll keep fingers crossed.

 

[Mr. Nowhere]

Metricide 14 is a cheaper way than excel or api. Stronger aswell so you can dilute it or use a half dose.

 

[eddyk]

great, thanks. I appreciate it.