catcher Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 As the title askes, can someone identify this growth on the fake plants? The fish have a nibble and it doesn't seem to bother any of them. It's predominantly black/grey and is very fine. Cheers glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Morant Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Looks like your classic "brush" algae. The Sydney cichlid page has an excellant article on algae ID and control located at http://www.sydneycichlid.com/content/?page_id=146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colfish Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 hi Glenn trust you to come up with a curly one the black growth looks very similar to brush algae, but it usualy grows just about everywhere. the grey stuff looks like the same growth that acumulates around the rubber suction caps on heaters etc. the brush algae will do no harm, but it can look unsightly once it takes hold on plants, looks good on rocks though. i've read that the grey growth also does no harm and will come to it's own end in time. i'd give the 'plants' a wash in salty water at each water change and see if that clears the problem up cheers; Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Thanks guys, I was hoping I'd get a "causes no real harm" answer. I'll give them all a good soak in salty water next water change, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Salita Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Failing salty water, try some vinegar.... poor mans flourish excel.... HTH, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy65 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Another option is to bath them in a 20% solution of bleach or neat Hydrogn peroxide. Bleach should be washed off well but hydrogn peroxide can be squireted with a syringe directly onto the plants in the tank (hydrogen peroxide is squirted onto living plants with no ill effects and as long as you dont squirt it directly onto the fish its harmless). Depending on your tank size I would only do maybe 10 ml Hydrogen peroxide at a time. If you turn off your filters/powerheads it will work even better as the hydrogen peroxide will stay in contact with the algae longer. It works great and I love seeing algae fizz away when using peroxide. You can buy it by the bottle at most chemists/pharmacists. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Thanks Guys, all info taken onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 I think they look great!! Why not leave them! Do you have any suckers in that tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Yeah, plenty of cats and the like, but they are too well feed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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