Hairy Leaves and dark green spots
 

Hi Everyone!
I set up a 30 gallon cube about a month and a half ago. I used floright substrate along with fert tabs. I have led lights that came with the set up. I bought it at petsmart so I really dont know much about the lights. I have threadfin rainbows and some glow light tetra in there. I do 20% water changes every week. Last week I noticed on the edges of a cpl of my plants what looks like hair. Also I wave a peice of wood in the tank and a plant tied to the top of the wood and on that plant I see hard green spots on it.. Im pretty sure this is something I dont want but not sure what Im doing wrong?
Thanks for any input.
patrick

whats your lighting period?

thanks manzpants92
I have the lights on for 8 hours but it is in a bright room but no direct light from the sun

The only real way I was able to combat that was otos, they eat it up! I stopped fighting it and just got something to eat it.

thanks ELPincheBecerra
I forgot I have 2 otos in there. I just added them this week. So Im not doing anything wrong?

You're not necessarily doing anything wrong, but that doesn't mean you couldn't be doing something better. Looking here can help tell you what the algae means :

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm

thanks John will check it out right now

Thanks John
sounds like I need to buy a black molly and instead of doing weekly water changes do bi weekly changes.

You could also add more plants. I would certainly add more ottos, like five. After a month and a half, things are still settling in. Adding more plants won't hurt and will probably help.

Thanks Razorworm I just added several more fri. Wish I would have thought to pick up more ottos. well that gives me a reason to go back :-)