What the heck is this stuff??

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dodgefreak8

Discussion Starter · Jun 10, 2007

alright guys I can't seem to get rid of this stuff!! I remove it and it keeps coming back!! first of all what is it??

second How do I get rid of it??

water parameters: 29gal

ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-10ppm
phosphate-1.5ppm
co2-30ppm
Light- 65 watts for 10hrs with a 3hr burst of additional 65 watts
dosing-EI

this stuff grows on anything substrate included and its slimey and easy to remove

help me out here people

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dodgefreak8

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jun 10, 2007

I should also add that I have 3 ottos, 2 SAE and 3 amano shrimp now in this tank

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Betowess

· #3 · Jun 14, 2007

Cut it out. Is it smelly? More water changes. Cut down EI substantially.Two day blackout for starters, maybe three.

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Ryzilla

· #4 · Jun 14, 2007

how new is your tank? Cherries love that stuff.

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ringram

· #5 · Jun 14, 2007

I've had it before. I think it's just a bad case of hair algae. You'll need to remove it, although I think shrimp and maybe SAEs will eat it (just not *that* much). I always got it when Co2 wasn't getting circulated well enough (ie, low Co2), although excess nutrients probably play a large part.

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dodgefreak8

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jun 15, 2007

my tank is fairly new. about a month now. Something has eaten all of it off of my hc but its still bad in my fissiden and the bottoms of my stems. I am not dosing nitrate because it's staying at 10ppm with my fish and the Aquasoil. I will be putting cherries in as soon as I have enough bigger ones.

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Betowess

· #7 · Jun 15, 2007

Month old and new tank - well... Might be diatoms on hair algae. If its diatoms the Otos will be on it bigtime. New tanks can take some months to settle in as you know.

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