Algea Problem

Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it. Its all over my
tank. Tank is about a month and a half old.

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/algea1.bmp

Diatoms. Just wait. It will likely go away soon. Outbreaks of this are
fairly common soon after a tank is set up.

"Gottcha" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it. Its all over my
tank. Tank is about a month and a half old.

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/algea1.bmp

"PaulB" wrote in message
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| Diatoms. Just wait. It will likely go away soon. Outbreaks of
this are
| fairly common soon after a tank is set up.
|

Odd, it lessened, but never really went away in my tank, 6 months
old. The snails and hermits keep it under control, but I still have
to wipe it off the glass pretty regular.

my glass is really starting to look bad from this...can i scrape it off?

"Dinky" wrote in message
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"PaulB" wrote in message
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| Diatoms. Just wait. It will likely go away soon. Outbreaks of
this are
| fairly common soon after a tank is set up.
|

Odd, it lessened, but never really went away in my tank, 6 months
old. The snails and hermits keep it under control, but I still have
to wipe it off the glass pretty regular.

"Gottcha" wrote in message
news | my glass is really starting to look bad from this...can i scrape it
off?


Sure, I keep the front and one side of the tank glass as clean as
possible to make it easier to see inside, which is the point of
having it.g My soft sponge algae stick seems to work best on this
stuff..be sure not to use a blade-style scraper on acrylic.

I think that "Turbo" snails will eat this.

"Gottcha" wrote in message
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my glass is really starting to look bad from this...can i scrape it off?

"Dinky" wrote in message
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"PaulB" wrote in message
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| Diatoms. Just wait. It will likely go away soon. Outbreaks of
this are
| fairly common soon after a tank is set up.
|

Odd, it lessened, but never really went away in my tank, 6 months
old. The snails and hermits keep it under control, but I still have
to wipe it off the glass pretty regular.

i have about 10 turbos in there and they dont seem to like the glass....lol

"PaulB" wrote in message
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I think that "Turbo" snails will eat this.

"Gottcha" wrote in message
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my glass is really starting to look bad from this...can i scrape it off?

"Dinky" wrote in message
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"PaulB" wrote in message
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| Diatoms. Just wait. It will likely go away soon. Outbreaks of
this are
| fairly common soon after a tank is set up.
|

Odd, it lessened, but never really went away in my tank, 6 months
old. The snails and hermits keep it under control, but I still have
to wipe it off the glass pretty regular.

Diatom algea. This is very normal in a new tank, and unless you have
extra silicates in your replacement water it will go away. If you have
to much silicates in your replacement water you will have a diatom
outbrake at every water change, as well as normal growth just from the
top off water.

kim gross
http://www.jensalt.com

Gottcha wrote:
Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it. Its all over my
tank. Tank is about a month and a half old.

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/algea1.bmp

"kim gross" wrote in message
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Diatom algea. This is very normal in a new tank, and unless you have
extra silicates in your replacement water it will go away. If you have
to much silicates in your replacement water you will have a diatom
outbrake at every water change, as well as normal growth just from the
top off water.

kim gross
http://www.jensalt.com

Gottcha wrote:
Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it. Its all over
my
tank. Tank is about a month and a half old.

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/algea1.bmp


Diatom should be dissipate or low by a month and half.
I am curious source water was use.

CapFusion,...

"Gottcha" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it. Its all over my
tank. Tank is about a month and a half old.

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/algea1.bmp


What type of water do you use to your tank? Do you water direct from the
faucet or from where? Do you use filter water?

CapFusion,...