This stuff seems to be always on my plants, I try to fluff some of it off but it always seems to come back.. If I leave in on long enough it seems to turn into BBA.
How do I keep this stuff off my plants?
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Is that in a low-current area? It looks like detritus with a bit of algae that more flow might help prevent.
I got a Fluval 1 plus at the surface. Sometimes at night I will run my EMP-400 and I have a power head diffuser on the right side center of my tank that is always running. The plants have movement and they sway in the under water current, do I need more movement?
What causes it? It makes my plants look really bad, some I have thrown away because of it.
What causes it? It makes my plants look really bad, some I have thrown away because of it.
Did you disturb the substrate recently??
Looks like the mulm was picked up and the plants caught it.
Do a few water changes/gravel vacs and it should slowly go away.
Looks like the mulm was picked up and the plants caught it.
Do a few water changes/gravel vacs and it should slowly go away.
I do water changes and vac the sand but it's always there. Seems to more after I do a water change and gravel vac...
Is there anything that will eat or pick it off my plants?
It's stuck on the leaves to much to just fluff it off without causes damage or uprooting them out of the ground.
Is there anything that will eat or pick it off my plants?
It's stuck on the leaves to much to just fluff it off without causes damage or uprooting them out of the ground.
I was actually gettting ready to post a thread on this myself. In one of my tanks I have this growing like wild. It does not appear to be brush algae as it is fairly "flat" on the leaves of the plants. It is especially bad looking on the moneywort, wisteria and java fen. They have some leaves that are pretty black looking.
In this tank, it shares lighting with a 10g (2x T8 32w). I dose Flourish twice a week (2mils) and it is sand substrate.
Thoughts?
In this tank, it shares lighting with a 10g (2x T8 32w). I dose Flourish twice a week (2mils) and it is sand substrate.
Thoughts?
I have the same problem in my tank with sand. It won't go away. My tank is relatively new so I thought perhaps it would go away when it matures. At least that is what I am hoping.
as i said it looks like mulm.. wave around the tank with your hand so the flow would get the junk off the plants and will be sucked into the gravel vac.. Snails might eat it since they are known to eat mulm