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UsaFishBox :: :: SaltWater Aquaria :: Diseases and Disasters
 

 Black Algae?

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whisper
Betta Specialist
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whisper


Posts : 1990
Location : Euless, Texas
Favorite Fish: : Betta's,Fancy Guppies, Plecos, kio.

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PostSubject: Black Algae?   Black Algae? Icon_minitime2/29/2012, 4:14 pm
My 75g community tank has been doing great for over a year now. All of a sudden it has started growing this black algae on everything. How do I get rid of it. The silk plants I can take out and treat with light bleach. what is causing it?
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sassynurse2
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Posts : 789
Location : Grand Prairie Texas
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PostSubject: Re: Black Algae?   Black Algae? Icon_minitime2/29/2012, 4:55 pm
well try scrubbing everything with the algae then do a suction vacuuming it out doing a 50% water change. Watch your ph carefully. can you put your fish in another tank do you have a UV light/
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whisper
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Posts : 1990
Location : Euless, Texas
Favorite Fish: : Betta's,Fancy Guppies, Plecos, kio.

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PostSubject: Re: Black Algae?   Black Algae? Icon_minitime2/29/2012, 5:32 pm
No UV light. No I don't have another tank for all of them. Did a water change yesterday.
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wblueus
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Location : Oklahoma
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PostSubject: Re: Black Algae?   Black Algae? Icon_minitime3/1/2012, 3:07 pm
what kind of lighting do you have?
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lifeisgood
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Location : Beaverton , MI
Favorite Fish: : My Favorites are the Pleco's and Cory Cats . BUT , I have 44 running Tanks at this time . I keep 3 kinds of Shellies , several types of Pleco's ( mostly Ancistrus ), Cichlids , Crays , Angels , LB's , and some local species .

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PostSubject: Re: Black Algae?   Black Algae? Icon_minitime3/2/2012, 6:11 am
we have that in some of our tanks . I believe it came attached to some live plants we bought at petsmart .
we just scrub/scrape it off every now and again.
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