Fuzz on glosso.

[Encriptic]

Hi,

Theres some fuzz growing on my glosso, is it normal? Do i have to put in more algae eating fish? Right now i have only 2 otos and 1 sae and a cigar. Its similar to the fuzz growing on the side walls of the tank. Any ideas? Mines a 2ft shallow tank. High light, high CO2, high nutrients provided.

Cheers
Bryan

[IUnknown]

Does it look like this,


In my case, having new gravel is the problem. The silicates in the gravel cause diatoms to appear on the fuzz algae. Do you have any other plants with the glosso? Any deficiencies seen in the glosso, yellow leaves? Fill this out for your tank,
Info Sheet
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Tank Dimensions (LxWxH): 20x10.5x18
Tank Volume (litres or gallons): 18 gallons
Lighting Intensity(No of Watts) : 70 watts
Type of Lighting (FL/PL/MH) : MH
No. of Hours your light is on : 10
CO2 target: 30 ppm
Type of CO2 (DIY/Liquid/Tank) : Tank
Method of Injection (e.g. Diffuser/Reactor): Reactor
Substrate Used : Onyx
base fert : Flourish tabs
How thick is your gravel : 3"-4"
Liquid Fertilizers Used : TMG 6mL, Seachem Flourish 2 mL, No3 6ppm, PO4 .5ppm, Seachem iron 4 mL, KSO4 10ppm
Frequency of fertilization : Sat, Mon, Wed
Tank Temperature : 74 F
Type of Filter (overhead/internal/canister) : Canister

Chemical Properties (7.2.04)
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Carbonate Hardness (KH):11
Total Hardness (gH):12
pH : 7.0
NO3 (ppm): 20
Co2 (ppm): 33

Bioload (Your Fish and Plants)
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12 green neon tetras

glossostigma
Elatine Tiandra
Rotala indica
Rotala sp.(green)
MM
Ludwiga acruata

[Encriptic]

no, its like really short hair algae. hahah yours like quite jialat. mine abit only. like those hair algae on the glass, infected some of the leaves.

[ms]

Hi, I was just glancing thru your message on Glosso.
I don't have Algae fuzz on my glosso, but some of the leaves are yellowing.

Can anyone let me know why? I have 4 tubes of 30W lights on my 4 ft tank. The CO2 is about 4-5 Bubbles/sec. Based fert. and also weekly dose of Sera liquid fert.

Why is my Glosso yellowing?

Thanks.

MS

[Heuer]

i don't think u got enough light for your 4 footer. if your tank is 4x1.5x1.5, the min light u need is about 200W in order to grow glosso. now u only have 120W. Try to use PL so that u can pack more light with the limited space.

Just my 2 cents.

[Encriptic]

yelllowing usually happens when little or no light reaches it, therefore usually the bottom layer will have afew yellow leaves.