Greeny brown film on HC

holoublahee · 01-25-2013, 11:05 PM

This tank has been running for about a month and its been planted abobut 3 weeks. The HC is growing well as is the Dwarf hairgrass, but there is a film growing on most of the HC patches. Also theres a lot of green on the rocks. I have 5 amano shrimp, and 6 cherries and 2 ottos and a few snails here and there. I do weekly 3-5 gallon water changes weekly. How do i get rid of the algae film (the green on the rocks isnt too big a deal, but if i can do it all in one swoop itd be nice) without disturbing the scape toomuch.

ChadRamsey · 01-26-2013, 12:56 PM

it is probably Rhizoclonium. Which is normal in new tanks. Keep up that water changes. Manually remove as much as possible. Dose excel and in it go away eventually once the tank matures.

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

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 01:37 PM

Sounds like diatoms to me. Normal in new tanks, tends to go away by itself.

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ChadRamsey · 01-27-2013, 01:03 PM

how about a pic to clarify what you have.

holoublahee · 01-27-2013, 01:50 PM

Im pretty sure its daitoms. I've upped to 2 25% water changes a week so see if it helps. And I moved the filter more to the center of the tank so it gets more flow over the HC
Thanks for the help

01-25-2013, 11:05 PM	#1
holoublahee Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 89	Greeny brown film on HC This tank has been running for about a month and its been planted abobut 3 weeks. The HC is growing well as is the Dwarf hairgrass, but there is a film growing on most of the HC patches. Also theres a lot of green on the rocks. I have 5 amano shrimp, and 6 cherries and 2 ottos and a few snails here and there. I do weekly 3-5 gallon water changes weekly. How do i get rid of the algae film (the green on the rocks isnt too big a deal, but if i can do it all in one swoop itd be nice) without disturbing the scape toomuch.

01-26-2013, 12:56 PM	#2
ChadRamsey Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (44/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canton, Ga Posts: 1,155	it is probably Rhizoclonium. Which is normal in new tanks. Keep up that water changes. Manually remove as much as possible. Dose excel and in it go away eventually once the tank matures. http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm __________________ 125g High Tech 55g Low Tech 20L CRS Tank There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don't.

01-26-2013, 01:37 PM	#3
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Greeny brown film on HC Sounds like diatoms to me. Normal in new tanks, tends to go away by itself. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

01-27-2013, 01:03 PM	#4
ChadRamsey Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (44/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canton, Ga Posts: 1,155	how about a pic to clarify what you have. __________________ 125g High Tech 55g Low Tech 20L CRS Tank There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don't.

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01-27-2013, 01:50 PM	#5
holoublahee Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 89	Im pretty sure its daitoms. I've upped to 2 25% water changes a week so see if it helps. And I moved the filter more to the center of the tank so it gets more flow over the HC Thanks for the help