okay, so I'll give you some background first. I received a 55 gallon tank about 4-5 years ago with all the stones decorations etc. It has been resealed once, and although its never leaked, it looked like crap. The last of the original fish died about 4 months ago, and i was given a bunch of cichlids. After a ton of research online, I've decided to make a 3d background with styrofoam / concrete. So I moved everything into an empty 55 gallon tank I've had including all the gravel decorations and filters so I could clean and reseal the other tank before making the background for it. So now the entire setup was moved into the shop for a week or so while I've been working on the old one, and although I haven't changed a thing, I'm getting tons of algae everywhere. The light the tank is getting is even less than what it was before too, so Im at a loss. Ive added a HOB filter in the meantime to add in water flow and the filters were completely clogged after only 24hours. The canister filter wasn't too bad, but it didn't seem to have the flow capable of keeping up with this on its own. The algae is very fine, whispy, and hard to see in the pic. Everything always had algae on it, but nothing like this! It reminds me of cotton candy. How can I get rid of this or stop it from getting out of hand? I don't really want the problem to transfer back over to the other tank once the background is all done. Ive looked at hundreds of pics of algae, and I didn't see anything that matches perfectly. Ive also noticed small white specks on some of the decorations. All the fish are perfectly healthy though, and no signs of ick or anything.
Below is a pic of the algae.....the white spots in the water are bubbles, not the white spots I was talking about.
Below is a pic of the algae.....the white spots in the water are bubbles, not the white spots I was talking about.
