Algae and a welcome home present

PingG25 · 04/23/2019, 11:28 AM

Just been away for Easter only to return to algae in an isolated area of the tank. Not happy but don’t understand why. I’m assuming this is nothing sinister with the bubbles on the end of the algae. Can I just use a brush to clean the rock it am I inviting trouble. IMG_2167.jpg

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Uncle99 · 04/23/2019, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PingG25

Just been away for Easter only to return to algae in an isolated area of the tank. Not happy but don’t understand why. I’m assuming this is nothing sinister with the bubbles on the end of the algae. Can I just use a brush to clean the rock it am I inviting trouble. Attachment 401173

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I use a toothbrush weekly to polish those areas, of course, got to be careful, but Seems to work for me....(I assume your phosphate is in the 0.03-0.07 range)

bertoni · 04/23/2019, 03:27 PM

Some brushing might help. I'd probably try to remove as much of the alga as possible, to remove a bit of nutrients and possibly reduce the speed of any spreading, but I wouldn't worry very much about it.

mcgyvr · 04/23/2019, 07:43 PM

More blue light please...I only had half an acid trip..

Uncle99 · 04/24/2019, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

More blue light please...I only had half an acid trip..

Lol

04/23/2019, 11:28 AM	#1
PingG25 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Rugby Posts: 92	Algae and a welcome home present Just been away for Easter only to return to algae in an isolated area of the tank. Not happy but don’t understand why. I’m assuming this is nothing sinister with the bubbles on the end of the algae. Can I just use a brush to clean the rock it am I inviting trouble. IMG_2167.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04/23/2019, 03:27 PM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Some brushing might help. I'd probably try to remove as much of the alga as possible, to remove a bit of nutrients and possibly reduce the speed of any spreading, but I wouldn't worry very much about it. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/23/2019, 07:43 PM	#4
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	More blue light please...I only had half an acid trip.. __________________ Who me?