Leave it in or remove the green algae patch

[taysh75]

Hi,

I am having tiny dots of green algae on the glass which makes it unsightly. Thinking of using a scraper to scrape them off.

But how do u remove the alage from the tank afer scraping? Use a tube to suck it out as u scrape or just leave them inside the tank as u scrape for the SAE to consume?

Any ideas? Thanks

[oblivion]

Hi,

I am having tiny dots of green algae on the glass which makes it unsightly. Thinking of using a scraper to scrape them off.

But how do u remove the alage from the tank afer scraping? Use a tube to suck it out as u scrape or just leave them inside the tank as u scrape for the SAE to consume?

Any ideas? Thanks

don't scrape it.
let it complete the life cycle
as long as your tank is well balanced
it will disappear slowly afterwards on its own

scraping it is only temporary
it will come back in a couple days

[taysh75]

don't scrape it.
let it complete the life cycle
as long as your tank is well balanced
it will disappear slowly afterwards on its own

scraping it is only temporary
it will come back in a couple days

U mean they disappear? Tot they grow more and more?
I just set up 2 weeks only. How long it takes to disappear?
Thanks.

[oblivion]

U mean they disappear? Tot they grow more and more?
I just set up 2 weeks only. How long it takes to disappear?
Thanks.

a couple of weeks for me
resisted the urge to scrape them when they appeared and eventually they got less n less after a couple wekks

[oblivion]

search around for topics on Green spot algae
most pple also recommend dont scrape

[taysh75]

search around for topics on Green spot algae
most pple also recommend dont scrape

Thanks lee1224! Saw similiar postings. I leave them for a while and see how. Thanks for your help!

[winston77]

GSA should be due to lack of PO4...

[PeterGwee]

GSA should be due to lack of PO4...

Ditto to the above as well as poor CO2. Green spot is different from green dust algae.

Regards
Peter Gwee

[taysh75]

Ditto to the above as well as poor CO2. Green spot is different from green dust algae.

Regards
Peter Gwee

Any pictures to show the difference between the green dust algae and the GSA? A bit confused by them......Tot they are the same?