Black Beard Algea!!!

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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.

1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.

3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)

4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.

We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.

While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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EliWhitney314
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Black Beard Algea!!!

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I don't know how i got it, it must have came from some of the plants I bought online. How do I get rid of it? I heard co2 helps stop it, ancd I have co2. I do frequent water changes as well. It just showed up out of the blue. I do not want to use any chemicals against it if possible. Should I turn my lights out and do some water changes?
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Re: Black Beard Algea!!!

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Anyone ever deal with this algea? I could use any advice you guys have.
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Re: Black Beard Algea!!!

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I've never dealt with it. Sorry. :( I'm actually not even sure what it is.
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Re: Black Beard Algea!!!

Post by Iliveinazoo »

you may not have enough flow - do all of your leaves sway in the current? you could install a powerhead to make sure that you don't have any dead spots.

I take it that you are injecting CO2?
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Post by edmlfc1 »

I was referred to this article a while ago. It's really helped me. :D

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm
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Re: Black Beard Algea!!!

Post by taureandragon76 »

Here are a couple of links for you

http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9
http://www.bcaquaria.com/forum/beard-algae.html
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Re: Black Beard Algea!!!

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Thanks guy's. I already have a strong current in my tank and yes I use co2.
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