candymancan
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So I had this algae for awhile now. See in the picture its on my water sprite on top and completetly took it over .. I noticed it when I switched substrates I believe.. and Someone mentioned they had the same algae in their tank with the same substrate.. I went from regular tan pebbles.. to floramax original substrate.. I had this in my 44g pentagon, and when I got my 92g corner I moved it over and add4 more bags.. and its over taking my tank.. 1 week and it everywhere it grows so fast.. and I cant keep up with it.. Its easy to remove but it smothers my plants.. It reminds me of those silk worms that eat trees..
What is causing this ? It cant be light, I tried low light and high light it doesn't effect it. I don't dose ferts.. my Nitrates are between 5 and 10... Phosphates are 0-0.5 I cant tell on the test kit they both look the same to me. Ph is around 6.6, temps 84f, GH is 120-130, KH is 20-30.
I read hair algae is caused by excessive iron.. This substrate says it has iron in it, and I noticed some of it sticks to my magnet glass cleaner.. Could this substrate simply be putting too much iron in the tank and that's why it causing this ? Before I switched substrates I had major issues with black beard algae.. I couldn't get rid of it.. then I switched.. and the black beard all died off.. and this stuff started growing lol.. I personally don't know what worse... At least this stuff I guess is easy to remove..
https://www.aquariumadvice.com/atta...205366_0_411c27c5d04acaa9e8c263c9fe884150.jpg
What is causing this ? It cant be light, I tried low light and high light it doesn't effect it. I don't dose ferts.. my Nitrates are between 5 and 10... Phosphates are 0-0.5 I cant tell on the test kit they both look the same to me. Ph is around 6.6, temps 84f, GH is 120-130, KH is 20-30.
I read hair algae is caused by excessive iron.. This substrate says it has iron in it, and I noticed some of it sticks to my magnet glass cleaner.. Could this substrate simply be putting too much iron in the tank and that's why it causing this ? Before I switched substrates I had major issues with black beard algae.. I couldn't get rid of it.. then I switched.. and the black beard all died off.. and this stuff started growing lol.. I personally don't know what worse... At least this stuff I guess is easy to remove..
https://www.aquariumadvice.com/atta...205366_0_411c27c5d04acaa9e8c263c9fe884150.jpg