So my tank has been up and running now for two months. I was hoping to get an Algae ID on this growing on my java fern:
I think it might be staghorn or BBA but not sure. It does not appear as far as I can see on any other plants.
I have been dosing frets for about a month. Nilocg PPS-Pro at about half the daily dose. Since starting the dosing I’ve been having a problem with my filter socks getting clogged up with some sort of algae/fungus. I typically change the socks every three days but have switched to two days. Here is two days of growth:
I’m not sure if you can tell but in the photo looking down the stick the stuff grows across the opening in stringy clumps.
While I didn’t get a photo of the socks here is a photo of 3 days of growth on the diffuser plate thingy:
Three days of growth and the sick is completely black and plugged up with the growth.
The sump is in a windowless room in my basement and gets zero light other than when I’m in there. Any idea what this stuff is. I did two Sanitary washes with bleach and a third rinse wash and the socks still don’t look clean. I’m thinking about tossing them and getting new socks but worry the stuff will just grow in them too. I never had this issue with socks in my saltwater tanks so trying to figure out what is going on. Thanks.
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I think it might be staghorn or BBA but not sure. It does not appear as far as I can see on any other plants.
I have been dosing frets for about a month. Nilocg PPS-Pro at about half the daily dose. Since starting the dosing I’ve been having a problem with my filter socks getting clogged up with some sort of algae/fungus. I typically change the socks every three days but have switched to two days. Here is two days of growth:



I’m not sure if you can tell but in the photo looking down the stick the stuff grows across the opening in stringy clumps.
While I didn’t get a photo of the socks here is a photo of 3 days of growth on the diffuser plate thingy:

Three days of growth and the sick is completely black and plugged up with the growth.
The sump is in a windowless room in my basement and gets zero light other than when I’m in there. Any idea what this stuff is. I did two Sanitary washes with bleach and a third rinse wash and the socks still don’t look clean. I’m thinking about tossing them and getting new socks but worry the stuff will just grow in them too. I never had this issue with socks in my saltwater tanks so trying to figure out what is going on. Thanks.
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