Aglae pictures

[Lady Hobbs]

http://www.aquariumalgae.blogspot.com/

[Drumachine09]

http://www.aquariumalgae.blogspot.com/




Thats a great link. Comes in handy for those trying to diagnose an algae problem.

[Chrona]

NICE! That's a solid article. Everything he mentioned matches exactly with what I've seen/experienced. Plus he mentioned Tom Barr, so he can't be a newbie ;)

[Lady Hobbs]

Here I go reading about algae again. LOL My new cycled tank was pure crystal clear one hour ago until I added my bubblers. I now see this "haze" has begun so unhooked the bubblers again. I don't want to go THERE again. In an hours time, the change is shocking.

[Chrona]

You mean the CO2 ladders?

[Lady Hobbs]

yup....I hooked up two of them......and unhooked two of them. LOL

[jeffs99dime]

great link hobbs!

[Chrona]

yup....I hooked up two of them......and unhooked two of them. LOL

Wtf lol. I've never heard of CO2 causing precipitation in the water. You've got some screwed up water :P

[Lady Hobbs]

With low lights, I probably don't need the CO2. I remember before when I started to get algae, I turned the CO2 off and it cleared up again. I just think with the low wattage I have that the CO2 is not being "used" and causing a build up .......if that sounds sensible. I can't get my fingers to say what my mind is thinking. LOL

[Chrona]

With low lights, I probably don't need the CO2. I remember before when I started to get algae, I turned the CO2 off and it cleared up again. I just think with the low wattage I have that the CO2 is not being "used" and causing a build up .......if that sounds sensible. I can't get my fingers to say what my mind is thinking. LOL

Yeah, but the CO2 you put into the water is gaseous. You can't see it unless it reacts chemically with something in the water.

[marek313]

CO2 shouldnt affect water clarity in any way. Thats really wierd I've never heard of anything like that. Either i wouldnt bother with CO2 unless you have at least 2W/G of light and since its affecting water clarity I wouldnt use it for now untill everything is established and plants are growing for a while. Adding more light and CO2 just makes things more complicated and allows for more errors = algae. Get it going first with low lights and no CO2 and then consider upgrading. Thats just what I would do.

[Chrona]

The presence of higher concentrations of CO2 actually inhibits clado and brush algae growth, but I agree, keep it simple until you figure out why the CO2 rig is clouding the water.