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    hello everyone, currently i got those dark green algae on my riccia. and it's beginning to forma layer of film on top of my riccia. my malayan shrimps, sae and otos dun seem to like it. Can anyone enlighten me?

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    dark green algae

    hello everyone, currently i got those dark green algae on my riccia. and it's beginning to forma layer of film on top of my riccia. my malayan shrimps, sae and otos dun seem to like it. Can anyone enlighten me?

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    dark green algae

    hello everyone, currently i got those dark green algae on my riccia. and it's beginning to forma layer of film on top of my riccia. my malayan shrimps, sae and otos dun seem to like it. Can anyone enlighten me?

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    dark green algae

    hello everyone, currently i got those dark green algae on my riccia. and it's beginning to forma layer of film on top of my riccia. my malayan shrimps, sae and otos dun seem to like it. Can anyone enlighten me?

    Thanks.

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    Its probably Blue Green Algae. You can read up on it at http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/. Also search this forum for BGA.

    Meanwhile, give us some details about your tank like, size, plants, fishes, what fert used, amt/duration of light. If you can, test the NO2 (nitrate) and PO4 (phosphate) levels in your tank.

    Nothing will eat it. It is actually a cyno-bacteria, not a true algae. Your first step is to manually remove as much as you can. Change about 30% of your tank water if you haven't done so yet.
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    scoop it up
    whenever you see it, scoop it up
    change water regularly, it shouldn't persist long

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    Thanks. i will post my specs now. how is bga caused?
    my tank is 60x30x36cm. nitrite is at 0.1mg/l. nitrate at 0.
    ammonia at 0.25 and my ph is at 6.8

    i have 2 sae, 2 oto, 20 malayan and 5 yamato and a betta.
    intend to put cardinal tetra in the future.
    thanks for your help, everyone.

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    looks quite ok for a new tank
    but if the nitrite goes up i'd change water in a hurry
    bga is caused by . . . i actually dunno
    but it's from some nutrient imbalance

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    Supposedly, BGA appears in N-limited tank.
    Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
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