hirschy75 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hey all. So I have diatoms going like crazy right now but I just noticed some green algae on the glass. It's like a thousand little hairs about 1/8" that are lining all the glass. Is this unusual or is it ok? Should I scrape it off? Thanks Link to comment
banshee Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Scrape it off and suck it up with a syphon or turkey baster so it doesn't just land somewhere else and sprout again. Link to comment
hirschy75 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Scrape it off and suck it up with a syphon or turkey baster so it doesn't just land somewhere else and sprout again. Will do :/ Am I doin something wrong? Link to comment
banshee Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Probably not unless you're overfeeding or have crazy params. It will die off once your cycle is done. Link to comment
Trogdor447 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 During a cycle - leave it imo - Its in the water, scraping it is goign to spread spores even if you suck it up.. let the cycle go through let the gha die off then proceed imo Link to comment
hirschy75 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm not feeding yet, nothing to feed lol Won't be able to test till tomorrow but I'll look into it. I do have chemi pure tho and using RO water Current FTS: Link to comment
halcyonism Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 During a cycle - leave it imo - Its in the water, scraping it is goign to spread spores even if you suck it up.. let the cycle go through let the gha die off then proceed imo Agreed. Don't bother with manual removal during the cycle, just wait until it's done and add a clean up crew. Also, be sure you aren't running your lights during the cycle as they will just add to the problem. I'm not feeding yet, nothing to feed lol Won't be able to test till tomorrow but I'll look into it. I do have chemi pure tho Current FTS: That's not bad at all, looks like a normal diatom bloom to me. Link to comment
hirschy75 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Thought you needed lights on to keep live rock bacteria alive? Diatoms I expected, hair algae on the glass which you probably can't see were what I was worried about Link to comment
halcyonism Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Thought you needed lights on to keep live rock bacteria alive? Diatoms I expected, hair algae on the glass which you probably can't see were what I was worried about Definitely do not need lights for the cycle, leave them off and it should help with the hair algae. Algae is normal during the cycle, just let it be and it should go away on it's own, unless you are using tap water. Link to comment
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