Aquarium Forum
 


Menu
  · Tropical Fish Home
· Fish News
· Aquarium Forum
· Buy & Sell
· Calculators
· Equipment reviews
· Free Aquarium Ebook
· Feedback
· Link to us
· Photo gallery
· Plant species
· Tropica Plant DB
Tropical fish species
· By Common name
· By Scientific name
Tropical Marine fish
· By Common name
· By Scientific name

_________________
 
      
        Via paypal

  AC news is a part of
      Nature Blog Network

      Reef Aquarium Blog

Privacy & Ad Policy

Articles
  · African Cichlids
· Algae Control
· Aquarium Decoration
· Aquarium Resources
· Aquatic Plants
· Barb Fish
· Betta Fish
· Breeding Fish
· Catfish
· Central American Cichlids
· Cichlids
· Clownfish
· Corals
· Corydoras Catfish
· Discus Fish
· Dwarf Cichlids
· Fish Diseases
· Frogs and Turtles
· Goby Fish
· Goldfish
· Gourami
· Invertebrates
· Jellyfish
· Killiefish
· Lake Victoria Cichlids
· Livebearers
· Malawi Cichlids
· Marine Aquariums
· Marine Aquarium Fish
· Other Fish
· Pleco
· Predatory Fish
· Photography
· Pond Fish
· Responsible Fish Keeping
· Rainbow Fish
· Shark Fish
· South American Cichlids
· Tanganyika Cichlids
· Tetra Fish
· Tropical Fish Food
Results 1 to 3 of 3
  1. 10-05-2012, 10:12 PM #1
    wee-bey
    wee-bey is offline Member Platy

    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    32

    Default Dust Accumulation

    I've got a layer of what I believe to be dust covering some of my older plant growth, should I just rub the leaves with my thumbs to remove? is this dust or algae? The new leaves look so fresh and green but the old ones look pale due to the dust.

    Thanks
    20 Gallon Planted Aquarium
    5 Zebra Danios
    3 Golden Zebra Danios
    1 Flame Gourami [Dwarf]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 10-05-2012, 10:14 PM #2
    smaug's Avatar
    smaug
    smaug is offline Banned gulper shark

    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    11,862

    Awards Showcase
    One star poster APOTM Runner up POTM Gold blog award Gold Thread Award POTM Member of the Month 2010-13 Two star poster TOTM Runner up CPOTM
    Total Awards: 40

    Thanks for the quote - **AquaQueen** Message for you sir! - Aeonflame 

    Default

    Its probably a diatom algae,just wipe it or use a turkey baster to squirt them with to clean them.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 10-06-2012, 12:07 AM #3
    wee-bey
    wee-bey is offline Member Platy

    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    32

    Default

    that turkey baster idea is pretty cool ill try that if i can find one in el barrio >5$
    20 Gallon Planted Aquarium
    5 Zebra Danios
    3 Golden Zebra Danios
    1 Flame Gourami [Dwarf]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules