I was growing some nice coralline algae on my rocks and it was spreading beautifully.
Then, I guess I thought it was still coralline (since I had never had it before).. so I let it grow and grow on the rocks.
Well.. it started to take over and now i'm not liking it so much. Is cyano algae bad for the tank? Because I have lots of it.
It is purple, and it can get stringy. I can pull it off in small sheet or mat like pieces.
Some of it has bubbles in it.
I guess what I'm asking is.. should I try to get rid of it all? Is it desirable to have? Negative effects? Is this just a phase my aquarium is going through (like diatoms)?
I read that it feeds off of high phosphates and low alk. I do have low alk (about 8 or 9 dKH). But I don't have anything to test for phosphates.
And finally, can it kill fish? I'm looking for a reason my royal gramma died on me the other day.
Then, I guess I thought it was still coralline (since I had never had it before).. so I let it grow and grow on the rocks.
Well.. it started to take over and now i'm not liking it so much. Is cyano algae bad for the tank? Because I have lots of it.
It is purple, and it can get stringy. I can pull it off in small sheet or mat like pieces.
Some of it has bubbles in it.
I guess what I'm asking is.. should I try to get rid of it all? Is it desirable to have? Negative effects? Is this just a phase my aquarium is going through (like diatoms)?
I read that it feeds off of high phosphates and low alk. I do have low alk (about 8 or 9 dKH). But I don't have anything to test for phosphates.
And finally, can it kill fish? I'm looking for a reason my royal gramma died on me the other day.