Hi everyone,
I setup this 10 gallon tank about 2 weeks ago. I tied willow moss to the wood, placed in the tank and planted dwarf hairgrass and AR mini at the same time. I noticed white fuzzy growth on the wood that I had seen before in my other tank and thought it was just fungus that grows on the new wood and goes away on its own. This time it covered most of the moss and spread across the tank. It also grew on the glass as long thin strings.
To make the long story short, I took the wood and the plants out of the tank, cleaned well and replanted. I also added some amano shrimp and a zebra nerite to the tank since I thought it might be an algae growth at this point. Now it is brown in color and does not go away although stabilized in spread.
Here are my specs:
Ammonia: 0.5 ppm
Nitrite and nitrate minimal (tank still cycling prob)
Phosphate 0
Temp~75F
PH~7.6
KH 124 (per water company)
Substrate: Sand
Aqueon 10 gallon filter w carbon
Dosing w Excel, Flourish (smaller dose than recommended bc of shrimps), Stability (bacteria)
Added airstone 2 days ago for better circulation
Does anyone know the nature of this growth and how to tackle it without tearing the tank apart?
Many thanks in advance
I setup this 10 gallon tank about 2 weeks ago. I tied willow moss to the wood, placed in the tank and planted dwarf hairgrass and AR mini at the same time. I noticed white fuzzy growth on the wood that I had seen before in my other tank and thought it was just fungus that grows on the new wood and goes away on its own. This time it covered most of the moss and spread across the tank. It also grew on the glass as long thin strings.
To make the long story short, I took the wood and the plants out of the tank, cleaned well and replanted. I also added some amano shrimp and a zebra nerite to the tank since I thought it might be an algae growth at this point. Now it is brown in color and does not go away although stabilized in spread.
Here are my specs:
Ammonia: 0.5 ppm
Nitrite and nitrate minimal (tank still cycling prob)
Phosphate 0
Temp~75F
PH~7.6
KH 124 (per water company)
Substrate: Sand
Aqueon 10 gallon filter w carbon
Dosing w Excel, Flourish (smaller dose than recommended bc of shrimps), Stability (bacteria)
Added airstone 2 days ago for better circulation
Does anyone know the nature of this growth and how to tackle it without tearing the tank apart?
Many thanks in advance
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