Hello All,
I have been battling what I think is Green Dust Algae on the glass of my aquarium. I have looked at various pictures on the internet and I see Green Spot Algae listed as Green Dust Algae??. I know that Tom has the cure for this, but wasn't sure if its Green Dust Algae or not. Most of what I read about GDA, people say it "easily wipes away from the glass". Well, I wouldn't call mine wiping away easily, but it's not that difficult, it takes a bit of elbow work. The algae is very small, green dust looking dots on the glass and shows up about 2-3 days after a good cleaning+water change. I have been putting up with this for months now, so I decided to ask the experts here. I have had Green Spot Algae on the Anubias plants(Big Spots) before and it doesn't look like that on the glass so I am pretty sure it is not Green Spot Algae?? Anyway, after all this said, I guess my question is, does Green Dust Algae just simply wipe away as I have read, or do you need to work at it just a bit to get it to come off, it feels a bit hard to the touch?? If this is what I have I guess I will go with the 3 week no wipe routine to get rid of this crap. Thanks in advance for any help you can send my way.
Cheers,
Singtoh
I have been battling what I think is Green Dust Algae on the glass of my aquarium. I have looked at various pictures on the internet and I see Green Spot Algae listed as Green Dust Algae??. I know that Tom has the cure for this, but wasn't sure if its Green Dust Algae or not. Most of what I read about GDA, people say it "easily wipes away from the glass". Well, I wouldn't call mine wiping away easily, but it's not that difficult, it takes a bit of elbow work. The algae is very small, green dust looking dots on the glass and shows up about 2-3 days after a good cleaning+water change. I have been putting up with this for months now, so I decided to ask the experts here. I have had Green Spot Algae on the Anubias plants(Big Spots) before and it doesn't look like that on the glass so I am pretty sure it is not Green Spot Algae?? Anyway, after all this said, I guess my question is, does Green Dust Algae just simply wipe away as I have read, or do you need to work at it just a bit to get it to come off, it feels a bit hard to the touch?? If this is what I have I guess I will go with the 3 week no wipe routine to get rid of this crap. Thanks in advance for any help you can send my way.
Cheers,
Singtoh