I have had the fresh water tank for approximately 1.5 years now. Just a few weeks ago I noticed a white/clear algae that began growing on the rocks and plants. I vacumed the tank and removed most of it. Now its back even worse. What is it? Can it kill my fish? Is there any treatment for it? Any help is apprishiated. Thanks!
2007-09-19 06:41:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
This is a harmless water mold growing in your tank, but sure it looks dirty. Increase air circulation in your tank, do regular water changes and lower the tank temp in case its higher. Open windows if it is not raining outside and outdoor relative humidity is lower than indoor humidity.
After the environment is adjusted, mold will clean-up on its own.
2007-09-20 21:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
White Algae In Freshwater Aquarium
2016-10-30 23:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by shott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like algae, maybe you should pull them out, and then bring them to the store where you bought the seeds at, or maybe that's the plant sprouting up? Whatever it is, if it doesn't look right, take it out. It could hurt the betta. My suggestion for aquatic plants would to get the ones that are already sprouted up that they have in the tanks with just plants.
2016-03-13 04:58:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like fungus growing from overfeeding which will turn white in that case
you should do a partial waterchange of 50% with a gravel siphon
Feed your fish only as much as they will eat in under 5 min twice a day, and net the rest outa your tank
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-09-22 20:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its mold, not algae I bet. If you put in uncooked wood / cork, it will appear in a jiffy.
Its harmless as far as I know. My guppies actually ate the crap that was left over when I physically removed chunks of it.
I always had good luck with it dying off naturally. I have crazy lights (like 200+ watts) that I keep off most of the time since I don't keep plants anymore. When it crops up, I just blast the lights & the uv rays seem to kill it.
I don't have a full knowledge of how to kill it, but googling for aquarium mold will probably point you in the right direction.
2007-09-19 08:20:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋