Asides from the usual green algae on rocks and glass, sometimes I see a bloom of frilly hair algae, perhaps 5mm long in the tank and it's on everything - heaters, filters the lot - appearing almost overnight.
The fish love it and while there is plenty and the fish are feeding on it, I have skipped feeding during the bloom and a day or so later, when the algae is gone I resume feeding.
I`m obviously not there for the whole day to see what's hapenning, but is it likely the fish are eating it or it disappears as quickly as it arrived? I still haven't correlated it's appearance with whatever trigger causes it.
Any ideas?
My initial thoughts are:
Water changes
Uneaten vegetable matter from feeding of lettuce / courgettes (they go crazy for that)
Sunlight (yes, we have some at this time of year)
The fish love it and while there is plenty and the fish are feeding on it, I have skipped feeding during the bloom and a day or so later, when the algae is gone I resume feeding.
I`m obviously not there for the whole day to see what's hapenning, but is it likely the fish are eating it or it disappears as quickly as it arrived? I still haven't correlated it's appearance with whatever trigger causes it.
Any ideas?
My initial thoughts are:
Water changes
Uneaten vegetable matter from feeding of lettuce / courgettes (they go crazy for that)
Sunlight (yes, we have some at this time of year)
