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Hi friends, I'm quite new to planted tanks and have been fighting an uphill battle with algae. It's mainly fuzz and hair algae right now, but I've had and have all kinds- name it and I have it. I thought adding CO2 and getting more plants would help combat the algae problem but all my new...

I recently rescaped my freshwater aquarium using stones from the beach, I did wash them and tested them before putting in the tank and everything seemed fine so I went ahead. Prior to any changes I had a slight hair algae problem on a few plants, didn’t bother me too much. But a day later I...

Hi all! I’m new here and of course, my first post has to be about algae. I don’t consider myself a newbie but I’m hardly an expert, and I’ve come now looking for some expert advice. I’ve been fighting with algae in a new set up for about six months now, in different forms and at different...

Fellow Forum Members - This is my first post. I am quite new to this hobby, so please pardon the sophomoric nature of my conundrum. I am including information about my aquarium below, in case any of it is helpful in forming a diagnosis. I am also attaching two images of the problem area in my...

Hi members, Could anyone help me to discern what type of algae is this? It spread very quickly. I've clear away around 60% of the algae and they can flood my aquarium again in a couple of days. My Betta and Tetras in it seems unaffected. I've the tank and fishes for more than a year, and this...

Hi All, ~6mos ago I made the switch back to freshwater after a year or so trying to figure out salt water. During that time I moved from Chicago to STL and with the different water conditions I've found myself struggling with Black Beard Algae. Here's the details: Tank: Fiji Cube 20g AIO Light...

The tank is 55gal, freshwater, I restarted the tank with new substrate and plants about 6-8 weeks ago. filter is a fluval 307, great media, setup in order MBC, I didn’t notice these brown fuzzy things growing until a week ago, I could not find anything relatively close to these photos. I...