Whita algae - small 'pffballs'

[cavin1]

Hi y'all, I'm having a problem with a whaite alga like growth in my tank. It's everywhere, on rocks and wood and plant leafs.

Description on rocks, wood etc it is a white slimy coating.
On plants it is white 'puffballs', about 1/8" to 3/16" diameter when I remove the plant leaf from the water it instantly 'deflates' to a slime.
On the tank glass when you view from front on it looks like like a piece of 'hair net'..

I clean it off as bst I can and in a few days it's back. I've tried the famous hydrogen peroxide soliution - no work, as bed as ever after 5 days of dosing the tank.

Help please!!!! thanks, : :15:

[Dave66]

cavin,
Sounds like cyanobacteria, fairly common in newer aquariums. In my algae primer on top of this forum is how to get rid of it.

Dave

[cavin1]

Dave,
after some research on 'cyanobacteria' I was led to the site below. As you will see the white stage is apparently at the 'bloom' stage.


http://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/images/images.html

BTW these folks do not go into killing the stuff as they ar researchers into the 'why' of it.

In closing I seem to have licked it, I tried the old hydrogen peroxide treatment and it has vastly reduced this issue.

thanks and regards DesC.................. :19: