Algae takeover

SaltLifeSoul17 · Mar 16, 2020

Hey guys can anyone identify this algae? It’s taking over most of my aquarium!

Simply__J · Mar 16, 2020

It looks like regular degular GHA but I could be mistaken.

Marc2952 · Mar 16, 2020

Jesus thats alot of algae, whip out that toothbrush and start doing them water changes! Check your nutrients ( they might show 0 due to the algae consuming it ).

SaltLifeSoul17 · Mar 16, 2020

Marc2952 said:
Jesus thats alot of algae, whip out that toothbrush and start doing them water changes! Check your nutrients ( they might show 0 due to the algae consuming it ).

I’m just wondering what could be causing the nutrients? I don’t have any fish just a couple of hermits and a snail of some sort. I’m not feeding any of the softies either.

Auquanut · Mar 16, 2020

It kind of looks like it could be bacterial. How long has it been going on? Any recent changes to the tank? Does it have any color?

W1ngz · Mar 16, 2020

If that's all you have then it's probably been bound up in the rocks, or perhaps you had a critter or two die in the tank. It'll be a battle, but an easy one to win if you're persistent with the suggestion that @Marc2952 made above. Each bit of algae you remove, you're also removing the nitrates and phosphates that it used to grow.