amorphous debris

[Richard Rosenfeld]

I have a 70 gal tank with 260w cf lighting, tank co2, ph monitor with
solonoid to shut off co2. My plants have been growing great, fish are
happy. I keep the Ph about 6.7-6.8. There is no algae problem, but I have
been getting this amorphous stuff on some of the plants. I looked under
microscope and its not algae but some other stuff, meaning not cellular.
Filtration is good. Tank is nice and clean. No biowheels. Seems like my
iron is always low and have been adding a lot lately.
Any thoughts on what this is and how to prevent it?

[Daniel Morrow]

My only guess as to what it could be is diatoms. HTH.
"Richard Rosenfeld" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 70 gal tank with 260w cf lighting, tank co2, ph monitor with
> solonoid to shut off co2. My plants have been growing great, fish are
> happy. I keep the Ph about 6.7-6.8. There is no algae problem, but I
have
> been getting this amorphous stuff on some of the plants. I looked under
> microscope and its not algae but some other stuff, meaning not cellular.
> Filtration is good. Tank is nice and clean. No biowheels. Seems like my
> iron is always low and have been adding a lot lately.
> Any thoughts on what this is and how to prevent it?
>
>

[Richard Rosenfeld]

Any fix for this?

"Daniel Morrow" > wrote in message
...
> My only guess as to what it could be is diatoms. HTH.
> "Richard Rosenfeld" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a 70 gal tank with 260w cf lighting, tank co2, ph monitor with
> > solonoid to shut off co2. My plants have been growing great, fish are
> > happy. I keep the Ph about 6.7-6.8. There is no algae problem, but I
> have
> > been getting this amorphous stuff on some of the plants. I looked under
> > microscope and its not algae but some other stuff, meaning not cellular.
> > Filtration is good. Tank is nice and clean. No biowheels. Seems like
my
> > iron is always low and have been adding a lot lately.
> > Any thoughts on what this is and how to prevent it?
> >
> >
>
>

[Jim Anderson]

In article >,
says...

> Any fix for this?
>
> "Daniel Morrow" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My only guess as to what it could be is diatoms. HTH.
> > "Richard Rosenfeld" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have a 70 gal tank with 260w cf lighting, tank co2, ph monitor with
> > > solonoid to shut off co2. My plants have been growing great, fish are
> > > happy. I keep the Ph about 6.7-6.8. There is no algae problem, but I
> > have
> > > been getting this amorphous stuff on some of the plants. I looked under
> > > microscope and its not algae but some other stuff, meaning not cellular.
> > > Filtration is good. Tank is nice and clean. No biowheels. Seems like
> my
> > > iron is always low and have been adding a lot lately.
> > > Any thoughts on what this is and how to prevent it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>

It is natural in a new aquarium. They eat the silica in the water. When
the silica is gone so are they, unless you have allot of silica in your
water-change water. My new tanks usually get the diatoms after 10-14
days, they last for 10-14 days and I never see them again.

--
Jim Anderson
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[jet]

it could be mold or fungus. If it is small and substanial enough I
remove it by hand. If there is a large amount on a peice of wood or
plant I'll remove the infested object and rinse it off and give it a
permanganate bath.

[Richard Rosenfeld]

Someone suggested to me that since I planted some plants with this green
fake earth material that it was grown in, the problem is probably
phosphates. She said that stuff is loaded with phosphates.

Sure enough phosphates are high. Also I use well water, and there are
traces of phosphates in it also.
Will do water exchange and see. If not guess I will get some absorbing
agent?

Thanks for the help anyhow.

"Jim Anderson" > wrote in message
et...
> In article >,
> says...
>
> > Any fix for this?
> >
> > "Daniel Morrow" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > My only guess as to what it could be is diatoms. HTH.
> > > "Richard Rosenfeld" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I have a 70 gal tank with 260w cf lighting, tank co2, ph monitor
with
> > > > solonoid to shut off co2. My plants have been growing great, fish
are
> > > > happy. I keep the Ph about 6.7-6.8. There is no algae problem, but
I
> > > have
> > > > been getting this amorphous stuff on some of the plants. I looked
under
> > > > microscope and its not algae but some other stuff, meaning not
cellular.
> > > > Filtration is good. Tank is nice and clean. No biowheels. Seems
like
> > my
> > > > iron is always low and have been adding a lot lately.
> > > > Any thoughts on what this is and how to prevent it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> It is natural in a new aquarium. They eat the silica in the water. When
> the silica is gone so are they, unless you have allot of silica in your
> water-change water. My new tanks usually get the diatoms after 10-14
> days, they last for 10-14 days and I never see them again.
>
> --
> Jim Anderson
> ( 8(|) To email me just pull my_finger