Strange algae

[SgtMjr]

What is this?

 

[Sf1]

Some kind of hair algae? Or Rhizoclonium? (https://www.google.ca/search?q=rhiz...icrAG0wYHYCQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=917)

 

[SgtMjr]

It's pretty cool looking!

 

[venymae]

I have no idea, but it looks fun! I'd like to know what it is now too.

 

[JazzyBear1982]

Weird! Are those fake plants or real ones?

 

[Rivercats]

It is Rhizoclonium. It usually shows up in tanks with low circulation/flow and often poor water quality. It will respond to spot treating with liquid carbon or hydrogen peroxide 3%. You can add a nano powerhead in the tank to increase flow. Run lighting 6 hours only till algae is gone along with checking your nitrate and phosphate levels. I don't know your water schedule changing but doing a 50% weekly WC will really help keep nutrients and toxin levels low.

 

[SgtMjr]

Weird! Are those fake plants or real ones?

The plants are all real. It is Anubis sp.

 

[SgtMjr]

It is Rhizoclonium. It usually shows up in tanks with low circulation/flow and often poor water quality. It will respond to spot treating with liquid carbon or hydrogen peroxide 3%. You can add a nano powerhead in the tank to increase flow. Run lighting 6 hours only till algae is gone along with checking your nitrate and phosphate levels. I don't know your water schedule changing but doing a 50% weekly WC will really help keep nutrients and toxin levels low.

Thank you, although I don't know what to do, as the aquarium is with life.

I removed the neons and two of the breeding pair of Peacocks... But to catch all of the shrimp will require a break down.
Do you think that having that plant 3" from the surface, under intense lighting, with no co2 would cause it?
It seems to just fall off... I an adding a chunk of Ricca and Duck weed to help block some of the light

 

[SgtMjr]

The shrimp seem to be happy i have several with berries. And a ton of babies..
Yellow Cherry
Fire Red Cherry
Blue berry
Pinocchio
Super Tiger
Bumble bee
A strange brown shrimp
African Vampire "baby"
Amano
And a hundred of so babies of whoever

 

[SgtMjr]

It is Rhizoclonium. It usually shows up in tanks with low circulation/flow and often poor water quality. It will respond to spot treating with liquid carbon or hydrogen peroxide 3%. You can add a nano powerhead in the tank to increase flow. Run lighting 6 hours only till algae is gone along with checking your nitrate and phosphate levels. I don't know your water schedule changing but doing a 50% weekly WC will really help keep nutrients and toxin levels low.

Aquarium
13gal
AQ HB filter W/surface skimmer
A solid non glass heater
Fluval LED light

I change 3gal every other day
A 50/50 mix of RO and Tap

Alternate sponge changes every month on filter

80 temp

Lights are on 8hrs

Ammonia is 0

Nitrite is 0

Nitrate is 5

Kh is 80

GB is 30

PH is 7.5

I will order one of the circ. pumps, i see them on Amazon...

Thank you for your advice.

 

[Khuligirl93]

You don't need to remove the fish and shrimp to spot treat with hydrogen peroxide.
And yes, having high light without dosing fertilizers and a carbon source (liquid carbon or CO2) will cause major algae problems. Trust me, I've done it!

 

[SgtMjr]

Thank you!

 

[Rivercats]

With all the various shrimp you have I don't think I'd use a liquid carbon so you really need to run lighting 6 hours daily and cover a lot of the surface with floating plants or use screen which will cut lighting back.

 

[SgtMjr]

I went ahead and broke everything down and did a major cleaning... Added a bunch of Ricca and duckweed to break the light intensity and removed the surface skimmer. Added a small CO2 system, and a hydor 240 to get things moving... I Pruned all algae leaves and added some contortion vallisneria, more Java moss, Fissidens moss, Monosolenium, and a small start of Bolbitis heudelotii.
Lol, when i removed all the shrimp... I counted 96! Wow!... Thats cool!
Anyone know how to remove those pesky Nerite eggs of the glass?
Hopefully things go better. This was my first attempt at such a small aquarium and my first attempt at shrimp. Thank you everyone for your advice,)
I want to upload a photo... But it tells me i have exceeded my limit

 

[venymae]

you can upload to another site and post the direct link OR you can delete some photos to make room I've had luck using a clean toothbrush to remove snail eggs in my tank. Might try it.