Growth on wood in planted tank
- Thread starter ebakeeper
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blue green / slime algae I would think. you can siphon it off using air tubing as a hose. if you scrub it off, it could spread where it settles. You might need to increase water flow in the tank. What type of lights are you using and how old are they? What's your maintenance schedule like?
I have a Fluval Aquasky LED light, a year or so old (version where the lights are controlled through an app on your phone). I do ~50% water changes weekly. I have spray bars from my canister filters spraying across the back of the aquarium across the top of the water to the front of the tank.
You got me thinking about flow, and sure enough a classic mistake. Canister filters overdue for maintenance, flow rate slowed way down. Cleaned the big canister tonight and ordering more filter pads so can do the other two soon. The two smaller ones I had connected together to share an intake/return, but split them again so they're both running, giving more them each their own spray bars. This adds more flow through each bar, and I adjusted some spray across the top and some spray down into the water too. Can see the plants waving in the flow again -- should have been obvious. Thanks again, this and some good siphoning should start clearing it up.
below, a few weeks later after using Rid-X as a probiotic bacterial competitor in the filter system
Below the link to the use of Probiotics
The Use of Probiotics in Aquaculture
