New to the forum, some nice cichlids and an algae question

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camero1292

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Aug 15, 2013
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hey everyone! im new to the forum but ive had fish for a while. i just bought a nice 60 gallon and decided to make it an america cichlid tank. ive had it up and running for about a month now. i have a convict, green terror, spotted red severum, port acara, and a salvini. Also 2 koolie loaches (if thats how you spell it lol) and a red lobster (cray fish). there all doing good but i have a question. theres this white stuff on the glass that accumulates. it started maybe a week after i set it up. I got a magnetic tank cleaner and cleaned it all of. then maybe a week later it started to come back so im thinking its white algae? ive never seen it but im not sure. its also on the rocks and plants. i took some pictures where you can still see it on the back of the tank because that hard to clean. also some plant shots and some macro lens shots.

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It's algae... And for the crayfish, if you do want that to survive then you probably have to transfer it, crayfish are on the menu's list once your fishes got some girth, and it may also leave some unwanted nips to your fish if it fights back...

BTW, welcome to MFK! :welcome:
 
It's algae... And for the crayfish, if you do want that to survive then you probably have to transfer it, crayfish are on the menu's list once your fishes got some girth, and it may also leave some unwanted nips to your fish if it fights back...

BTW, welcome to MFK! :welcome:

Thanks for the confirmation. I figured it wa algae just never seen white before lol and yea I figured when they get bigger they might want him but he's a big dude! Bigger then all my fish and they actually have never bennett aggressive to each other. If food falls in front of him they sit there and eat it giving him the chance to attack. He's pretty calm. I'll watch it though. He was cheap and I figured he'd add some character lol thanks for the welcome too!
 
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