Hitch hiking slime algea

[Plantedmack]

I all! This is my first post on this site, but im active on a few others sites.
So i have a planted 10g with no animals except a bunch of mini-ramshorn babies( i just discovered them, they hitch a ride on some plants from LSF but have been eating my hair algae so im not complaining )My tank stats are 0,0,0 and a PH of 7.4-7.6. . When i was at the LSF, there was some slim algea on the rotala indica, and now its getting all over my tank. Its only on some of the drift wood, and the rotala indica, but i want to get rid of it before it kills my plant . Also im going to be setting up DIY co2 in the next few days, so will that affect the bacteria?
So what are some ways to get rid of it?
Will cherry and tiger shrimp eat it? because ive been wanting to get some of those for awhile now
Any experiences or advice is greatly appreciated,
Mack


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[Guppy Guy]

Having similar problems with hair-like algae, it covers my plants like a veil and is killing them! Maybe some golden apple snails? I've got a golden loach but that's only getting rid of gunk


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[Plantedmack]

Having similar problems with hair-like algae, it covers my plants like a veil and is killing them! Maybe some golden apple snails? I've got a golden loach but that's only getting rid of gunk


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Well im going to get cherrys and tigers for that type of algea, but this is a bacteria and i dont think that they eat this...


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[jpappy789]

Cyanobacteria, which sounds like is what you have, isn't uncommon in tanks with low nitrate...if yours is bottoming out that may be part of the reason it is popping up.

 

[Plantedmack]

Cyanobacteria, which sounds like is what you have, isn't uncommon in tanks with low nitrate...if yours is bottoming out that may be part of the reason it is popping up.

So do you think it may have died if i had normal nitrates?


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[jpappy789]

Not necessarily, but it might not have that competitive advantage anymore. Also check to see if it is growing in areas with low flow.

 

[Plantedmack]

Well it is on my driftwood now, but on my rotala, which is where it started, its in pretty high flow


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