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Thread: Green Algae

  1. Default Green Algae

    I have this thick green algae growth on my gravel, glass and plants. I try to vacuum it out and scrape ot off the plants one a week. But it grows right back and really looks awful. I am not near direct sunlight and the light runs about 10 hours a day at this point. What solutions are there for this sort of thing? I'd really like to steer clear of chemical additives but I'll consider them. Please help!

    Tank:
    65g
    Live plants (crypts, water sprite)
    Freshwater lightly stocked.
    ph 7.6
    Temp - 78F

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    Maybe you could get an Otto cat? They eat primarily algae.
    30g - 4 female dalmatian Mollies, 1 female gold crescent Swordtail, 1 female pineapple Swordtail, 2 female black and white Platies, 3 female peppered Platy fry, 2 female Guppies, 1 male Guppy, 10 Harlequin Rasboras, 1 peppered Cory, 1 bronze Cory
    10g - 1 male Dwarf Gourami, 1 Synodontis catfish, 1 female shark-fin Platy, 1 male hi-fin Platy
    10g - 12 Red Cherry Shrimp, 36 Fry (Mollies, Platies, Guppies)

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    Wel from what I can make out on the net I have cyanobacteria growth. I was wondering why my pleccos didn't clean it up. But the information I've found states that algae eaters won't eat it so that makes sense I guess. Only thing is I haven't been able to find much else in the way of remedy. I have seen a few times that water high in phosphates encourages growth so I'll be looking into that sometime this weekend.

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