green glass algae

[Giag]

hello

is green spot algae a sign of phosphorus defficiency?

I use estimative Index and the plants are growing wonderful !!

however every three- four days on the surface of my glass hard green algae starts to fill in....

i have 48 watts over a 65 liter aquarium my CO2 is constant during light period.. The plants are doing great i was just wondering about the green algae on the glass...

 

[VaughnH]

I have been using double the EI recommended PO4 dosage for some time now, and it does seem to at least greatly limit the amount of GSA I see. At the moment I have almost none. I don't know if that means GSA is a result of having too little PO4, or just that having more is hard on GSA.

 

[Gerryd]

Hi,

It has been my experience that both low P and/or low/poor c02 can cause this algae.

I have had some small outbreaks that I was able to eliminate simply by adding more P, but recently had issues with c02 and that brought on a bigger and more prolonged attack... EI was fine, but not until c02 was fixed that it disappeared quickly. EI was not changed, just c02....

Don't forget to trim/eliminate any infested areas. No sense in them hanging around. New growth will replace it if all is well.

I have relatively high light (range 50-200 micromoles from bottom to top) and have very little glass or other algae as long as my c02 is good.

When the c02 suffers, algae quickly follows, and is usually gone with the restoration of the c02.

Hope this helps.

 

[Giag]

thank you very much for your answers!

 

[Henry Hatch]

Hi,

It has been my experience that both low P and/or low/poor c02 can cause this algae.

I have had some small outbreaks that I was able to eliminate simply by adding more P, but recently had issues with c02 and that brought on a bigger and more prolonged attack... EI was fine, but not until c02 was fixed that it disappeared quickly. EI was not changed, just c02....

Don't forget to trim/eliminate any infested areas. No sense in them hanging around. New growth will replace it if all is well.

I have relatively high light (range 50-200 micromoles from bottom to top) and have very little glass or other algae as long as my c02 is good.

When the c02 suffers, algae quickly follows, and is usually gone with the restoration of the c02.

Hope this helps.

I have had a problem with gsa on an anubia. I recently started misting and increased my EI dosing. The algae is slowly receding and new growth so far looks clean.