Spencermjax
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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This is my first post after gathering a lot of great information from this site. I offer my appreciation ahead of time for any help offered.
I have 2 newly planted tanks and i am new to the hobby. I seem to have some algae issues and wondered if anyone could identify they type of algae I may have, possible reasons and possible solutions. If and identification is all I get, that is just fine because i realize there could be any number of reasons for them.
Tank1: 10 gallon, only neon tetras and a couple otocats. Water is about 78 degrees and is very clear but one plane is getting some brown, fuzzy algae on one plant. it is easy to wipe off with my fingers
Tank2: 30 gal, 10 fish, 3 CAE, 2 pieces of driftwood. have some stringy algae on the glass and i can wipe the strings away but hard stuff remains, withour hard scrubbing. also have brown algae one one plant similar to the 10 gal tank. two other algae found as well.
both tanks have CaribSea FloraMax substrate, I have dosed daily with liquid co2, weekly with liquid plant fertilizer, lighting is about 12 hours a day. 30 gal tank (tall) has Zoo Med AquaSun T-5 HO Double Light and 10 gal tank has standard hood/lighting.
image #1 - stringy algae on glass
image #2 - brown algae on portions of this plant. easy to wipe off with fingers. found in tank1 and tank2
image #3 - most of the moss on this wood does not look like this. this is the only on a small portion of it.
image #5 - moss/algae growing on driftwood...good or bad?
I have 2 newly planted tanks and i am new to the hobby. I seem to have some algae issues and wondered if anyone could identify they type of algae I may have, possible reasons and possible solutions. If and identification is all I get, that is just fine because i realize there could be any number of reasons for them.
Tank1: 10 gallon, only neon tetras and a couple otocats. Water is about 78 degrees and is very clear but one plane is getting some brown, fuzzy algae on one plant. it is easy to wipe off with my fingers
Tank2: 30 gal, 10 fish, 3 CAE, 2 pieces of driftwood. have some stringy algae on the glass and i can wipe the strings away but hard stuff remains, withour hard scrubbing. also have brown algae one one plant similar to the 10 gal tank. two other algae found as well.
both tanks have CaribSea FloraMax substrate, I have dosed daily with liquid co2, weekly with liquid plant fertilizer, lighting is about 12 hours a day. 30 gal tank (tall) has Zoo Med AquaSun T-5 HO Double Light and 10 gal tank has standard hood/lighting.
image #1 - stringy algae on glass
image #2 - brown algae on portions of this plant. easy to wipe off with fingers. found in tank1 and tank2
image #3 - most of the moss on this wood does not look like this. this is the only on a small portion of it.
image #5 - moss/algae growing on driftwood...good or bad?
