brandon4
Brandon
@brandon4 · 13 hours ago

Please help me me ID this algae and how to beat it. Been battling it for months. It grows everywhere even on the sand bed. Thank you

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This looks like when I had high phosphate with no nitrates it’s a pain

Normal green algae. I’d buy 10 astrea snail as and 2 Mexican turbo snails. They will make quick work of that And more frequent water changes

Looks like green cyanobacteria outbreak, usually in newer systems with an imbalance in NO3/PO4, keep up with water changes and try and get close to the 100-1 ratio in your NO3/PO4, this can be achieved by finding a balance of feeding and regular water changes. Manual removal with a toothbrush and fish net, or suck it out when doing your water changes (no CUC really touches the stuff IME)

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