SqueakyBed
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- May 17, 2016
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- 10
Hi guys,
For as long as I can remember my planted tank was infested with brown algae. and after months of combating it I finally got red of it but to my disappointment a new type of algae took over my tank and I have no idea how to treat it or whats causing it. It's spreading like wild fire and I am sick of it so I am turning to the aquarium advice community for help.
The algae is black in color but not fuzzy so I am sure it's not BBA. It feels like wet sand paper to the touch and It's incredibly hard to rub off. Most of it is on the plant's (leave edges) and on the rocks.
it's a 60 gallon tank and it gets 6 hours of light + CO2 @ 120 BPS.
Temperature: 76°F.
Dosing: PPS-Pro fertilizer 6ml macros and 6ml micros every other day.
Thanks in advance
Some picture to help identify the algae.
For reference: This is a picture of the dragon stones before the black algae.
And this is what it looks like right now
For as long as I can remember my planted tank was infested with brown algae. and after months of combating it I finally got red of it but to my disappointment a new type of algae took over my tank and I have no idea how to treat it or whats causing it. It's spreading like wild fire and I am sick of it so I am turning to the aquarium advice community for help.
The algae is black in color but not fuzzy so I am sure it's not BBA. It feels like wet sand paper to the touch and It's incredibly hard to rub off. Most of it is on the plant's (leave edges) and on the rocks.
it's a 60 gallon tank and it gets 6 hours of light + CO2 @ 120 BPS.
Temperature: 76°F.
Dosing: PPS-Pro fertilizer 6ml macros and 6ml micros every other day.
Thanks in advance
Some picture to help identify the algae.
For reference: This is a picture of the dragon stones before the black algae.
And this is what it looks like right now