Help a new guy

gopack2104 · 08-18-2012, 08:20 PM

Ok, I started my tank a month ago and everything has been going good. I've been cycling, and this past week I went to the beach. When I got back I had this growing everywhere:

It's a 10g low tech with 2x13W 6500K CFLs. I do Excel every other day, and Flourish Comp. twice a week. Is this a case of too much light and not enough ferts? If so, should I cut back on my lighting? Obviously I didn't dose anything while I was at the beach. Thanks in advance for any help.

cradleoffilthfan · 08-18-2012, 10:48 PM

Jeeze. How long were you at the beach? Is that hair algae? Maybe not enough fertilizers with just the comp.....

gopack2104 · 08-19-2012, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cradleoffilthfan

Jeeze. How long were you at the beach? Is that hair algae? Maybe not enough fertilizers with just the comp.....

I was only at the beach a week. Everything was crystal clear when I left, and then I came home to that. So do you think it's because I wasn't dosing Excel and Flourish last week, or do I need something else?

abraham3660 · 08-19-2012, 01:34 AM

I have the same thing! It grows so fast. How do you get rid of this?

**fplata** · 08-19-2012, 01:42 AM

Looks like heavy diatoms to me, remove it by hand and add some amano shrimp

**Higher Thinking** · 08-19-2012, 06:16 AM

Definitely not diatoms, did you leave the light on the entire time you were gone?

Looks to be a bad case of hair algae. Too much light with an imbalance of ferts. You have to manually remove it and then perhaps get an SAE as they will eat this algae...

gopack2104 · 08-19-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Higher Thinking

Definitely not diatoms, did you leave the light on the entire time you were gone?

Looks to be a bad case of hair algae. Too much light with an imbalance of ferts. You have to manually remove it and then perhaps get an SAE as they will eat this algae...

No, the lights were on the same schedule they have always been. I do ten hours a day. Is that too much, you think?

they call me bruce · 08-19-2012, 05:36 PM

Every thing your doing sounds right to me maybe jush a little to much nutreints _if the tank is used to excell and you didnt hit it for a week thats all it needed to take hold-
Bruce

08-18-2012, 08:20 PM	#1
gopack2104 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: United States Posts: 7	Help a new guy Ok, I started my tank a month ago and everything has been going good. I've been cycling, and this past week I went to the beach. When I got back I had this growing everywhere: It's a 10g low tech with 2x13W 6500K CFLs. I do Excel every other day, and Flourish Comp. twice a week. Is this a case of too much light and not enough ferts? If so, should I cut back on my lighting? Obviously I didn't dose anything while I was at the beach. Thanks in advance for any help. __________________ My 10g Low Tech

08-19-2012, 01:42 AM	#5
fplata Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (16/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Miami, FL, United States Posts: 862	Looks like heavy diatoms to me, remove it by hand and add some amano shrimp __________________ My ADA 120-H My high tech 300 gallon pond

08-19-2012, 06:16 AM	#6
Higher Thinking So good my algae pearls! (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Oregon State Beavers! Posts: 1,255	Definitely not diatoms, did you leave the light on the entire time you were gone? Looks to be a bad case of hair algae. Too much light with an imbalance of ferts. You have to manually remove it and then perhaps get an SAE as they will eat this algae... __________________ 12G Rimless Club

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08-18-2012, 10:48 PM	#2
cradleoffilthfan Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eureka, California Posts: 323	Jeeze. How long were you at the beach? Is that hair algae? Maybe not enough fertilizers with just the comp.....

08-19-2012, 01:34 AM	#4
abraham3660 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 62	I have the same thing! It grows so fast. How do you get rid of this?

08-19-2012, 05:36 PM	#8
they call me bruce Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: new jersey Posts: 486	Every thing your doing sounds right to me maybe jush a little to much nutreints _if the tank is used to excell and you didnt hit it for a week thats all it needed to take hold- Bruce