Fine Hair Like Stuff Growing On Plant Leaves. Help

Hi, Just noticed that I have a hairy like looking substance growing on the leaves of some plants and out of little spots on my dwarf sagitaria. Wondering what this could be and why ? I use a root tab and flourish. The plants otherwise look pretty good and are growing.

 

Could be black beard algae, can you take a photo of it

 

Could be black beard algae, can you take a photo of it

Here is two pics

 

Here is two pics

It looks like either green or black beard algae. The biggest cause of its spore blooms are high amounts of lights and low co2. The spores can sneak in on plants or in the gut of fish. It is difficult to get rid of but can be done. Affected plants can be soaked for two to three minutes in a 10 percent bleach solution to kill any algae on them. (Never pour bleach into an aquarium!) Completely remove heavily affected leaves. that exhibit growth of the algae. Stock the tank with a Siamese algae eater for maintenance if you wish or there are other chemicals on the market to help get rid of it. If you do the bleach option be sure to to clean all bleach water off before restocking the plants and other affected items

 

It looks like either green or black beard algae. The biggest cause of its spore blooms are high amounts of lights and low co2. The spores can sneak in on plants or in the gut of fish. It is difficult to get rid of but can be done. Affected plants can be soaked for two to three minutes in a 10 percent bleach solution to kill any algae on them. (Never pour bleach into an aquarium!) Completely remove heavily affected leaves. that exhibit growth of the algae. Stock the tank with a Siamese algae eater for maintenance if you wish or there are other chemicals on the market to help get rid of it. If you do the bleach option be sure to to clean all bleach water off before restocking the plants and other affected items

Didn't realize it was that bad. What about leaving lights off would that help ?

 

Didn't realize it was that bad. What about leaving lights off would that help ?

It will help, but until it's all gone the spores will just accumulate and start it all over agian later

 

It will help, but until it's all gone the spores will just accumulate and start it all over agian later

Thanks for the help. It seemed like it was going too good to be true. It seemed to happen pretty quickly.

 

You are welcome, don't get discouraged you will get it back to normal agian, part of the fun of fish is learning new things

 

First picture is staghorn algae, second is hair algae. You can start spot treating with Seachem excel or hydrogen peroxide(H2O2), this should kill off any existing algae. But if the problem is not fixed, then it most likely will return. I’d start with upping your water changes and manually removing any infected leaves or dose Excel, although the cause is a Co2 problem, starting pressurized Co2 would be the one problem solver. But since you’re trying to keep it low tech I assume, keep up with your maintenance and lessen how long lights are on.

 

First picture is staghorn algae, second is hair algae. You can start spot treating with Seachem excel or hydrogen peroxide(H2O2), this should kill off any existing algae. But if the problem is not fixed, then it most likely will return. I’d start with upping your water changes and manually removing any infected leaves or dose Excel, although the cause is a Co2 problem, starting pressurized Co2 would be the one problem solver. But since you’re trying to keep it low tech I assume, keep up with your maintenance and lessen how long lights are on.

It is only a 10 gal so pressurized co2 does not seem right. But I will try the excel. Also I will snip off the affected leaves too. This type of algae only grows on the plants ? I do not see it anywhere else.