Is this algae? mystery plant?

What the heck is this stuff? I have algae of some sort in my newest tank that I assumed was hair algae, cuz it looked like a bunch of blond hair growing off my duckweed. Pulled all that out and am ordering shrimp. Didnt take a picture. Now I just noticed this green stuff growing in a different tank. It's totally different though. A branching clump, not long single strands. It's way finer than the java moss. I've got a couple pics of the remnants of hairy stuff from the other tank but it's hard to see.

 

This looks like green hair algae. It’s not dangerous, but a sign that something is off in your set up (too much light, over abundance of nutrients, etc). As for the duckweed, that could have been the roots of the duckweed? Wouldn’t know without a picture, though.

 

Still looks like hair algae... 3rd pic looks like snail trails.

 

This looks like green hair algae. It’s not dangerous, but a sign that something is off in your set up (too much light, over abundance of nutrients, etc). As for the duckweed, that could have been the roots of the duckweed? Wouldn’t know without a picture, though.

Nabbed this off the web, but duckweed can grow some major roots.

 

I agree, it looks like green hair algae. How many hours of light are you providing daily?

 

Both tanks get around 12 hours of light. I don't use fertilizer. Ive lowered the lighting to 10 hrs roughly. I don't have timers. The tank with the duckwerd and the long brown stuff is brand new. It was on some of the rocks and wood too. It was cycled and then shtf and we can't go buy our breeding stock. Been trying to keep it cycled with snails and fish food but now it's got the algae and detritus worms. Cant find amano shrimp locally right now so I may break down and order some. I threw some tetras in there to eat the worms and get the cycle restabilized (hopefully) and am doing daily water changes and keeping track of prams. Nitrates are higher than I'd like but ammonia and nitrites are zero.

The tank with the green stuff is my oldest tank (although that still only means its 6 months old). Its been my most stable one too and I've never had algae in it before. I haven't had any ammonia spikes or I would think one of my nerites died. lol But this is maybe not the sort of algae they eat. Will shrimp eat it? I haven't tested the tank this week. Last week it was 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and 10 nitrates pre water change.

I attached pics of the tanks. I realized you can actually see a bit of the brown flowy stuff in the 20long under the duck weed. The jungley betta tank is the one with the green cloud of algae. should I try to pick it all out or would shrimp do the job?

 

Both tanks get around 12 hours of light. I don't use fertilizer. Ive lowered the lighting to 10 hrs roughly. I don't have timers. The tank with the duckwerd and the long brown stuff is brand new. It was on some of the rocks and wood too. It was cycled and then shtf and we can't go buy our breeding stock. Been trying to keep it cycled with snails and fish food but now it's got the algae and detritus worms. Cant find amano shrimp locally right now so I may break down and order some. I threw some tetras in there to eat the worms and get the cycle restabilized (hopefully) and am doing daily water changes and keeping track of prams. Nitrates are higher than I'd like but ammonia and nitrites are zero.

The tank with the green stuff is my oldest tank (although that still only means its 6 months old). Its been my most stable one too and I've never had algae in it before. I haven't had any ammonia spikes or I would think one of my nerites died. lol But this is maybe not the sort of algae they eat. Will shrimp eat it? I haven't tested the tank this week. Last week it was 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and 10 nitrates pre water change.

I attached pics of the tanks. I realized you can actually see a bit of the brown flowy stuff in the 20long under the duck weed. The jungley betta tank is the one with the green cloud of algae. should I try to pick it all out or would shrimp do the job?

I would definitely say cut back the lights some more. 6-8 hours is all you need. I would pull the hair algae out by hand. It doesn’t hurt anything, but I’m not sure if the snails will eat it like you said. The stuff on the duckweed looks to be rooting, so that’s good. Maybe I’m missing it, but I’m not seeing the brown algae you’re mentioning. If it is brown algae and your snails haven’t tackled it, themselves, just gently rub it off with your fingers.

 

Both tanks get around 12 hours of light. I don't use fertilizer. Ive lowered the lighting to 10 hrs roughly. I don't have timers. The tank with the duckwerd and the long brown stuff is brand new. It was on some of the rocks and wood too. It was cycled and then shtf and we can't go buy our breeding stock. Been trying to keep it cycled with snails and fish food but now it's got the algae and detritus worms. Cant find amano shrimp locally right now so I may break down and order some. I threw some tetras in there to eat the worms and get the cycle restabilized (hopefully) and am doing daily water changes and keeping track of prams. Nitrates are higher than I'd like but ammonia and nitrites are zero.

The tank with the green stuff is my oldest tank (although that still only means its 6 months old). Its been my most stable one too and I've never had algae in it before. I haven't had any ammonia spikes or I would think one of my nerites died. lol But this is maybe not the sort of algae they eat. Will shrimp eat it? I haven't tested the tank this week. Last week it was 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and 10 nitrates pre water change.

I attached pics of the tanks. I realized you can actually see a bit of the brown flowy stuff in the 20long under the duck weed. The jungley betta tank is the one with the green cloud of algae. should I try to pick it all out or would shrimp do the job?

Your tanks are lovely, btw.

 

Your tanks are lovely, btw.

Thank you!