Algae Worms

[toehead11183]

i clean algae off the front and sides but never the back. then it gets really thick and brown, it starts growing in lines that look like little brown worms. why does it do that? is it a bacteria or something that feeds off the algae?

 

[DrZacharyus]

i have the same thing..look like inch worms except brownish reddish..

 

[toehead11183]

i think it is bacteria that eats off the algae or one type of algae eating on another

 

[toehead11183]

does no one know what it is?

 

[Wackamole]

no idea but ive had several of them before

 

[DrZacharyus]

i just use my mag float lol

 

[QueenslandeR]

mag float would be the go... shouldn't worry you if they aren't there to be seen

 

[Mystix212]

Algae will eat some things from the water. Stuff your plants will also eat. By eliminating either light, and or nutrients from the water. Im pretty sure there are more things, But I cannot think of them at the moment.

Just scrape the algae from the back. Simple. A bit of elbow grease will do the trick.

 

[toehead11183]

not trying to get rid of them, just curious as to what they are