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    Algae ID Please

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    Negligence led to this algae over running my mini hair grass lawn. The lawn is thus far the most lush I've ever had and thus, it's quite a heart ache seeing the damage done. I've just spot treated a small area with Excel and will like to seek all other advice on what can be practised to eliminate this algae. Many thanks in advance.

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    Re: Algae ID Please

    Looks like Blue-green algae or Cyanobacteria.
    Cheers,
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    Re: Algae ID Please

    It looks very black. My bad experience with BGA always had literally blue green colour.

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    Re: Algae ID Please

    That's true but I've seen some in this hue of colour before. Do you have a closer up picture? What does it feel like? Slimy and gooey?
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    Re: Algae ID Please

    oh man, that is bad...any close shot?

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    Re: Algae ID Please

    I think it's a mixture of Blue green algae and the black beard algae. I encounter this a few months ago, treated it with excel.

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    Re: Algae ID Please

    Careful with excel as it may affect some of your LS in the tank if you are over dosing.

    So far personally I deploy nature algae cleaner like snails , oto and Amano shrimps .

    Thou my black algae is not on hair glass






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