Jadenlea Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I have not see algae like this anymore. It is like a carpet on my tank floor. it is not growing on any of the decor or wood. My main question is it a type that Ottoculis will eat? The shrimp seem to be ignoring it. it almost looks like a gel on the bottom of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Looks like BGA. Nothing eats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Thanks. I better suck it up then!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I have that in a couple tanks and it sucks! Really hard to get rid of. It's BGA for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Somebody on TPT told me about chemi-clean and i used it on my tank when i had a bad outbreak of BGA. It completely got rid of the BGA with no fish deaths. Didn't have shrimp in there at the time so i can't say for sure its shrimp safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Yip its Cyano bacteria aka blue green bacteria Its infact not algae but a bacteria bloom. You get these in planted tanks when not dosing enough nitrates Best way to erradicate it is to syphon most of it out, stop all filters and spot dose with hydrogen peroxide 10% right onto the rest of the algae that hasnt been syphoned out. You will see it starts to bubble, just leave it and it will dissapear. Turn your filters on after 20 or so minutes and you can do a water change if a little worried about shrimp I have used this in many planted tanks without any harm done to shrimp svetilda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks. Ill try those things. Have syphoning it out of the tank today on the to do list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Looked up the Chemiclean. It says it is safe for all inveterbretes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 I had this in my tank all over the surface too, it was terrible. I did blackout for 5 days, wrapped my tank with thick lair of black plastic. It has gone completely after that, couldn't believe the result. You have to try, no chemicals and safe for shrimps. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Im afraid my plants would die !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpinAintEasy Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I also had this in one of my planted community tanks once. Manually remove as much as you can and do as citycode suggested with the blackout for a few days. That was the only thing that worked for me after battling it for months Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Soothing Shrimp and Citycode01 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I also had this in one of my planted community tanks once. Manually remove as much as you can and do as citycode suggested with the blackout for a few days. That was the only thing that worked for me after battling it for months Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes I tried everything too - peroxide, liquid carbon overdose, CO2 overdose, no ferts, ferts, nothing helped only blackout did - your plants will be fine they don't die after 5 days they will be thank you Jadenlea and svetilda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Just thought Id update since I had some good cluck . I tried the recommended product "Chemiclean" I dosed according to directions and turned out the lights for 48 hours. When I turned on the lights today here are the results. If you look at the original post pic and compare to this one, its quite a difference. The shrimp in the tank are all fine and the snails seem to be fine also. mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Glad it worked. Remember BGA comes from a lack of nitrates in a planted tank. You might have to start dosing nitrates to keep it from coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpP Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Erythromycin (found in API E.M. Erythromycin) is commonly used to kill off Cyanobacteria. Can't remember if it is invert safe (I think it is), but it is safe for plants and gentle on fish (I hear it's harms the beneficial bacteria pretty bad though, but a established tank should recover just fine, especially if only a low shrimp bioload) Algaefix is a commonly recommended treatment for stubborn algae, but not sure if it works on Blue Green "Algae", since it's not actually a algae, but a bacteria. Don't remember if it's invert safe either, but safe for plants. Glad to hear the Chemiclean worked. If I remember correctly, there are 2 different Chemicleans (a red box and a blue box). Which one did you use? Here is a little "troubleshooter" for algae (has cyano too) http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 My box is blue and an update to the update. The shrimp snails and plants are still fine and the algae all seems to be gone now. even the little that seemed stuck to the sponge filter after treatment days later has disappeared. good stuff! ShrimpP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Cool, did it get rid of any other algae in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Lyana I didnt have any other algae.. it was a newly cycled tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Lyana I didnt have any other algae.. it was a newly cycled tank. Np, was just thinking I would try it but want something to kill everything lol Jadenlea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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