what kind of algae ?

[Misery]

hi , currently having problems with this algae growing on my fissidens.

what kind of algae ? how do i remove it ? yamato , snails , sae ?
i'm keeping the fissdens in my 2ft tank , no c02 , no dosing of ferts , and my temp is kept between 24.5-26deg.

sorry if i'm asking a stupid question ..

[Shadow]

no CO2 and no Fert, what is your light wattage?

[hmpkbetta]

Is that hair algae?

[Misery]

using arcadia fresh water lamp(15w) with natural sunlight lamp(15w) .
i don't know what algae , but i think it's hair algae :/

[Shadow]

difficult to see from the picture, hair algae normally long. this look more like staghorn

[Misery]

difficult to see from the picture, hair algae normally long. this look more like staghorn

what's the remedy for staghorn? made a check and found out a few , sae , nerite snails , yamato or malayan ? which is a better choice?

[Shadow]

Below site may help you identify which algae you having

http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm#staghorn
http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm

[Misery]

thanks shadow

[Misery]

just did a check on my water parameters..

PH: 6.3
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: 5ppm(mg/L) ?

anything wrong with it ? could the high nitrate be the cause for my algae?

[Shadow]

nope. High nitrate does not cause algae. Different algae cause by different thing. If it is staghorn then based on the link I post previously, it cause by Low CO2 and/or poor water circulation. A tank with overfed fish and accumulated mulm. Dirty filter. Also disturbing dirty substrates without doing water change afterwards.

[Misery]

i have a feeling its not staghorn algae then because the only fishes living in it are my ottos , like 13 of them , i don't know , will try to take out the fissidens to another tank and bombard with yamato / nerite snails , hopefully it works..

[|squee|]

Are the fissidens the only plant in the tank?

[Misery]

Are the fissidens the only plant in the tank?

initially yes , but now got other mosses , christmas / spikey ..

[Navanod]

Doesn't look like staghorn to me...had alot of those things before.
Looks like the beginning of a hair algae attack.

I was quite nasty and flamed it (yes, I fished out the DW with the hair algae, held up a heat gun, and let it rip)
Killed all the moss along with the hair, but the moss grew back

[Misery]

thanks for the information Navanod , flaming it sounds a little too extreme ha!
anyway , i kinda solved the algae issue already , just mass add shrimps

[Blue Whale]

=) shrimps scavenger class. Now make sure if you introduce CO2 in future, try to be gentle with CO2 for the shrimps sake. Scavenger class means road sweeper class.