I have 2 Albino sharks and a Red-Tailed shark in the tank. It's on the inside of the glass a little too.
2006-10-06 06:42:10 · 8 answers · asked by BigDaddySteven2006 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
Just so's you know, the plants in my aquarium are NOT real...
2006-10-07 06:32:07 · update #1
Algee, you need a placostamous. It is one of those fish with suckers for mouths. He will clean all that nasty stuff. Thats what he eats.
2006-10-06 06:49:14 · answer #1 · answered by brystal 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like Black Beard Algae and its one of the hardest to get rid of unfortunatly.
What I did was move my plants to a bucket and double the dose of Algae kill (do not use this in tank with fish please) and let them soak for 24 hours with a lid on. Then I rinsed them well and while rinsing I rubbed gently to remove as much as possible, it came off pretty easy them. Remember this a poison though and don't leave the bucket open so other animals can come in contact with it. It will set the plants themselves back a bit, but it did work and I have not seen it since.
Good luck!
2006-10-06 15:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Fire_Wolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is algae. A couple of snails will help keep it under control. You can also use an aquarium scraper to scrape the glass clear but other than blocking your view algae doesn't really hurt anything.
2006-10-06 07:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by twistedmouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
salt or fresh water? well fresh water it is very simple it is just algae you can get it off the class with a scrub from your pet store or wal-mart or you can you a magnet cleaner one piece on one side of the glass and the other one on the other side of the glass and they stick together and you scrub or you can go to the pet store and buy a algae eating fish two come to mind
1 Chinese algae eater or
2 a placko but they can get big like 25" long and when they get big they don't
hope this helps
2006-10-06 06:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by 32606 3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Algae or cyanobacteria. Unless you want to destroy your plants I would recommend against buying snails and plecos. These animals will turn your planted tank into a salad bar.
You are better off conducting a water change and scrubbing the algae off.
2006-10-06 08:49:14 · answer #5 · answered by rian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Black hair algae. Unfortunately, as this algae has roots it is almost impossible to get rid of. See this site http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquainfo/algae_peroxide.html . I have also heard that flying foxes will eat it http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1086 .
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2006-10-07 03:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably just algae, if it's hairy it's black hair algae. There are some fish that will eat it, can't remember which, mollies and a few others.
2006-10-06 06:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just boil the plants it will get rid of it
2006-10-06 09:17:11 · answer #8 · answered by ma 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋