Algae On Java Moss

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I have these white-snowy algae that grows on my Java Moss.
I have just started using chemical treatment for algae control yesterday and carry out water changes regularly.

Can anyone share to this post please?

Thank you for all the replies!
 
I'm not a big fan of adding chemicals to the tank. If it were me I might try reducing the lighting. For example, if lights are on 10-12 hours a day, I might reduce it to 8 hours.

If it's light-related algae, it could also be due to excess wattage. Some people supplement their high-light tanks with C02, which apparantly helps reduce the algae situation.
 
Ms.Bubbles said:
I'm not a big fan of adding chemicals to the tank. If it were me I might try reducing the lighting. For example, if lights are on 10-12 hours a day, I might reduce it to 8 hours.

If it's light-related algae, it could also be due to excess wattage. Some people supplement their high-light tanks with C02, which apparantly helps reduce the algae situation.
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Thanks for sharing.

I had some research about this Java Moss algae and it seems it is a Hair Algae attaching to the Java Moss. It does
not impede the growth of the moss but is unsightly to my eye but not really
noticable unless you get up close.

Ive been doing "siesta" eversince to help get rid of algaes- cutting off the lighting duration. 6am-12NN then a break of 2-3 hours of darkness and continue from 3pm-9pm. I have 30W flourescent lighting with C02 supplement.
 
Additional waterflow and at least 25ppm of CO2 should help clear things up. Also, are you dosing fertilizers? If not, the algae is taking advantage of an imbalance in the tank.
 
Goatman said:
Additional waterflow and at least 25ppm of CO2 should help clear things up. Also, are you dosing fertilizers? If not, the algae is taking advantage of an imbalance in the tank.
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I suspect its the fertilizer Iam using.

I have a powerhead placed halfway of my tank height to add current to stagnant areas and generally moving water throughout the system.

I have read a book that resembles this type of algae growing on my Java Moss. Its Filamentous algae- also described as thread algae, hair algae or blanketweed.
 
I'm going to assume (potentially wrongfully), that you have a 55 gallon tank or smaller. Put one at either end at 45 degree angles into the tank. If it is something small like a 10 gallon, put one at one end, facing the other.
 
Goatman said:
I'm going to assume (potentially wrongfully), that you have a 55 gallon tank or smaller. Put one at either end at 45 degree angles into the tank. If it is something small like a 10 gallon, put one at one end, facing the other.
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I have 20g tank. Thanks for the reply!
 
Goatman said:
I'm going to assume (potentially wrongfully), that you have a 55 gallon tank or smaller. Put one at either end at 45 degree angles into the tank. If it is something small like a 10 gallon, put one at one end, facing the other.
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Is there a way I can make a power head angled to 45 deg or its just the deflector placed on the power head nozzle?
 
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