My once beautiful tank has a bunch of black threads on everything. Red algae or something. Its butt ugly I want it gone! Ottos won't eat it, mollies won't eat it, and I won't add any aglaecide to my tank. How do I gets it gone?! One site said to add oxygen, another site CO2, I'm confused the world is spinning and the SKY IS FALLING!!!
Black threads on everything
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Black brush algae, aka BBA?
Go to http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/algaefinder.php
and see if you can find a picture which is a match for yours.
Go to http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/algaefinder.php
and see if you can find a picture which is a match for yours.
Increase CO2 levels and manualy remove it.
Flourish Excel also helps get rid of it, but I can't get that stuff to stop growing on my microsword without moving it to a non-flourite tank. I think this algae really like iron in the tanks.
Flourish Excel also helps get rid of it, but I can't get that stuff to stop growing on my microsword without moving it to a non-flourite tank. I think this algae really like iron in the tanks.
Ugh! I know what you are going through...I am battling this right now as we speak. I am looking for a Siamese Algea Eater becuase I have heard they eat BBA. Unfortuantaly I haven't been able to one. I use to have a mystery snail that liked the taste of BBA but wouldn't touch any of my other plants but as my luck would have it that snail is no longer with us.