please help

[Boomer2244]

My 55g tank has been finished cycling for about 3 months now and there are 18 fish in it but I have this brown stringy/hair like algae looking stuff on the bottom of the tank and it looks like it's growing from uneaten dried bloodworms. I have a Bristle nose Pleco and 4 corys and they are clearing it up very little by little but is there a faster way to get rid of it or maybe get a few fish to help get rid of it?

 

[bsdryder7]

you might want to feed way less cause if there is left over bloodworms there is a problem lol i have a 55 tall and i throw one cube with a pinch of flakes and theres nothing left within 5 mins

i have about 15 fish so try cutting back ......do some weekly/ bi weekly water changes

how long do you run the light for

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Check out this link and see if the hair/thread algae or staghorn looks like what you have.

Greater Washington Aquatic Plant Association » Algae in the Planted Aquarium

 

[Boomer2244]

The light is only on for 4 hours and all I put in is about a pinch to a pinch and a half 2 time a week so I don't know how much less to give them? and I've been doing weekly water changes to try and get rid of it but my syphin doesent pick it up I have to try and catch it with my net or my last resort is to take out and clean my gravel which takes about 8 hours to do(which includes gravel, all decos and the bottom glass

 

[Boomer2244]

Here's a pic of it

 

[bsdryder7]

stumped me lol

 

[Boomer2244]

Me 2 in my 15 years of having tanks I've never seen it

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Here's a pic of it

From what I can see by that pic, it looks like a fungus.

Did you check out the link?

 

[Boomer2244]

Checked out the link but didn't see anything exactly like it but the hair algae looks kinda like it. How can I tell if it's a fungus? Cause it's everywhere?

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Checked out the link but didn't see anything exactly like it but the hair algae looks kinda like it. How can I tell if it's a fungus? Cause it's everywhere?

The pic isn't very clear (app user), but it looks like the slimy stuff I was getting on some DW. My gravel vac got rid of it after a few stepped up PWC.

 

[Boomer2244]

I guess I'll try and up my water changes and hope that gets rid of it if not then I think imma have to take all my gravel out and clean it by hand