Algae on leaves..

rossi32s · 03-19-2003, 03:53 AM

My plants started to develop algae on the leaves once again....

Heavilly Planted Tank
~4.0 WPG 11HR PhotoPeriod
78F
20PPM CO2
PH 6.8
Plant Guild Gold Fert

Any suggestions
Scott

ljezuit · 03-19-2003, 12:48 PM

What kind of Algae? Hair, brush, green spot?

rossi32s · 03-19-2003, 02:00 PM

green spot i believe.... anyone know of any pics online that show the different kinds?

rossi32s · 03-23-2003, 04:03 AM

figured it out... SALT.... a few weeks ago the guy at the LFS tol me I needed to add salt to the tank. well.... after much research... I have read that salt slows down the nutrient absord rate of the plants... thus the algae bloom....

jerseyjay · 03-24-2003, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossi32s

green spot i believe.... anyone know of any pics online that show the different kinds?

Here is the spot algae on the glass.

goshawk99 · 04-18-2003, 12:01 PM

I have the same, not as much tho. I look forward to the answer to rid this stuff. All I have been doing is scrubbing it off at the weekly water change.

SNPiccolo5 · 04-20-2003, 02:45 PM

I don't know about the fertilizer you are using, but it would probably be cheaper if you used KNO3, K2SO4, and KH2PO4 and a trace mix to fertilize. A good site for algae identification is http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm

-Tim

rossi32s · 04-21-2003, 12:55 AM

Tim... thanks for the link...

FOund the type... Brush algae

Any suggestion on clearing it up?

Scott

04-20-2003, 02:45 PM	#7
SNPiccolo5 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 859	I don't know about the fertilizer you are using, but it would probably be cheaper if you used KNO3, K2SO4, and KH2PO4 and a trace mix to fertilize. A good site for algae identification is http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm -Tim __________________ Tank in transition! 55 gallons, hard water.

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03-19-2003, 03:53 AM	#1
rossi32s Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: On the net usually Posts: 266	My plants started to develop algae on the leaves once again.... Heavilly Planted Tank ~4.0 WPG 11HR PhotoPeriod 78F 20PPM CO2 PH 6.8 Plant Guild Gold Fert Any suggestions Scott

03-19-2003, 12:48 PM	#2
ljezuit Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Suburbs, IL Posts: 90	What kind of Algae? Hair, brush, green spot?

03-19-2003, 02:00 PM	#3
rossi32s Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: On the net usually Posts: 266	green spot i believe.... anyone know of any pics online that show the different kinds?

03-23-2003, 04:03 AM	#4
rossi32s Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: On the net usually Posts: 266	figured it out... SALT.... a few weeks ago the guy at the LFS tol me I needed to add salt to the tank. well.... after much research... I have read that salt slows down the nutrient absord rate of the plants... thus the algae bloom....

04-18-2003, 12:01 PM	#6
goshawk99 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Leamington, Ontario Posts: 18	I have the same, not as much tho. I look forward to the answer to rid this stuff. All I have been doing is scrubbing it off at the weekly water change.

04-21-2003, 12:55 AM	#8
rossi32s Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: On the net usually Posts: 266	Tim... thanks for the link... FOund the type... Brush algae Any suggestion on clearing it up? Scott