For the past month or so, I've been constantly battling this green hairlike algae. At first it was just occasionally showing up on a leaf, but it got to the point of getting on the walls and completely covering large leaves on my Amazon Sword and Wisteria. Not sure what to do, and finding that simply removing it didn't help, I decided to clean the tank.
I cleaned every plant, rock, the heater, filter, and walls. I did what I could with the gravel. This gave me a clean aquarium for a few days, but then a dark patch of green showed up in the corner and is now once again, sitting on my leaves on the other side of the tank. I'm starting to think it is a water quality issue.
I cannot provide accurate parameters because in a classy post thanksgiving zen mode, I left it at home, so all I have are these somewhat decent test strips. Based on those, I have approximately:
10 Gallon freshwater with 30 watts of 6000k T5 light
Nitrate ~10ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
pH ~7.5-8 (could this be the problem?)
Attached are some pictures I tried to take. Currently it's not nearly as bad as it used to be, but the algae does cover the entire leaves and has these long green strands that flow in the current. It's terribly unattractive and I'm certain it's responsible for killing a few of my stem plants that got covered up in it awhile back. Any advice?
Thanks!
Photo Album - Imgur
I cleaned every plant, rock, the heater, filter, and walls. I did what I could with the gravel. This gave me a clean aquarium for a few days, but then a dark patch of green showed up in the corner and is now once again, sitting on my leaves on the other side of the tank. I'm starting to think it is a water quality issue.
I cannot provide accurate parameters because in a classy post thanksgiving zen mode, I left it at home, so all I have are these somewhat decent test strips. Based on those, I have approximately:
10 Gallon freshwater with 30 watts of 6000k T5 light
Nitrate ~10ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
pH ~7.5-8 (could this be the problem?)
Attached are some pictures I tried to take. Currently it's not nearly as bad as it used to be, but the algae does cover the entire leaves and has these long green strands that flow in the current. It's terribly unattractive and I'm certain it's responsible for killing a few of my stem plants that got covered up in it awhile back. Any advice?
Thanks!
Photo Album - Imgur