Please Help Identifying Algae

Hey guys, I’ve had this algae in my tank for several months now and it’s slowly grown and grown and taken over my tank. I completely scrapped an old tank because it got so bad. Left it empty for months and scrubbed it down and hosed it, but sure enough a week after starting the tank again the algae started showing up again. I’ve tried using several different treatments including Chemiclean, Vibrant, DinoX, but none of these seem to help. Tbh I’m not too sure what type of algae it is though. If someone could help me identify it I’m sure it would help a lot in my battle.

 

Its just green hair algae. How long do you have your lights on normally?

I personally would leave it. This is definitely the best looking algae of them all. Your fish like stuff like this to graze on. Some fishes munch on it. What is your stock?

 

It’s bba black beard algae. You can kill it with peroxide. Take out the item with the bba on it and dip it in peroxide for 5min. Let sit for about 10min than rinse in tap water and put it back in tank. Should turn pink and die off. Thing is there is probably something in your tank or tap water that is contributing to the algae. Another thing is if your tank is big enough buy some small SAE and add them to the tank and don’t feed them. They will eat the algae.

 

Its just green hair algae. How long do you have your lights on normally?

I personally would leave it. This is definitely the best looking algae of them all. Your fish like stuff like this to graze on. Some fishes munch on it. What is your stock?

That’s what I thought, but I’ve absolutely never had green hair algae be so stubborn. It’s grown way out of proportion and in my experience vibrant usually decimates this stuff. Rn I have absolutely no fish in the tank because the last time I had an algae bloom like this it killed everything. I’m pretty much just trying to get a hold of the algae before adding anything.

It’s bba black beard algae. You can kill it with peroxide. Take out the item with the bba on it and dip it in peroxide for 5min. Let sit for about 10min than rinse in tap water and put it back in tank. Should turn pink and die off. Thing is there is probably something in your tank or tap water that is contributing to the algae. Another thing is if your tank is big enough buy some small SAE and add them to the tank and don’t feed them. They will eat the algae.

This is a saltwater tank, I’m no expert but I don’t think and SAE would be too happy about being out in my tank.

 

I had an algae bloom like this it killed everything.

I have not heard of algae killing any kind of fish. What did it kill exactly? I could see if harming corals or something but not fish.

 

I have not heard of algae killing any kind of fish. What did it kill exactly? I could see if harming corals or something but not fish.

Well it definitely choked out the corals that I had, and as far as fish it was a Calrki Clown fish. The algae choked out his anemone, and he died a few days after unfortunately.

 

Well it definitely choked out the corals that I had, and as far as fish it was a Calrki Clown fish. The algae choked out his anemone, and he died a few days after unfortunately.

I guess that would do it.