Need help fast weird thing growing

[NotFishyFishGuy]

I know this is altwater cummunity but tryng to post in every forrum I can find. Weird thing has been growing fast in my freshwater tank for a while now. Try removing it and every time it grow back. Already costed me a lot since it killed lots of me plants. Don’t kno what to do

the green stuff

 

[Fishy_mcfish]

https://www.thesprucepets.com/cyanobacteria-blue-green-algae-1378628

 

[Coralreefer1]

It’s Cyanobacteria(Blue-Green algae)
Three ways:
Ultra Life Blue-Green Slime Stain Remover.
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
Manual removal using hands and turkey baster or sponge
Good luck!

 

[NotFishyFishGuy]

It’s Cyanobacteria(Blue-Green algae)
Three ways:
Ultra Life Blue-Green Slime Stain Remover.
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
Manual removal using hands and turkey baster or sponge
Good luck!

Actually been removing for almost a month now always grows back I will try those thanks

 

[NotFishyFishGuy]

It’s Cyanobacteria(Blue-Green algae)
Three ways:
Ultra Life Blue-Green Slime Stain Remover.
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
Manual removal using hands and turkey baster or sponge
Good luck!

How would I permanently remove it? What could be the root of the problem?

 

[sfin52]

would chem-clean work since its a type of cyano bacteria. No worries others several of us that have fresh water as well.

You could try to increase flow in that area of the tank as well.

 

[sfin52]

How would I permanently remove it? What could be the root of the problem?

Slow water movement and natural lighting. Seems I see this stuff in puddles that have been standing for a few days. Same reason we see it in our reef tanks I believe

 

[Pete_the_Puma]

I know how to fix that!

Do a quick 100% water change for fresh saltwater at 1.026 ppm

 

[sfin52]

I know how to fix that!

Do a quick 100% water change for fresh saltwater at 1.026 ppm

Lol.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its green slime and can steal from plants in nutrient deficient stage.
Lower lights for a few days and Is tank at or near a window by chance? Light is the food source for this stuff and will go out of control if not stopped.

 

[Stanzo13]

I didn't even know cyano could be in fresh water, I find best fight for it is (it sounds odd I know) stability, don't let anything fluctuate, and keep on a gravel vac schedule

 

[Stanzo13]

I can say from expirence that chemiclean seriously wipes out cyano but you have a lot of plants and god only knows what it could do to them

 

[ambrosiozoa]

only way to remove 100% is find the source. nutrient levels flow etc. what type of substrate are you using?

 

[Stanzo13]

As a valuable mention cyano can't really hang around in high flow, I wish you luck and hope to see an update

 

[vetteguy53081]

only way to remove 100% is find the source. nutrient levels flow etc. what type of substrate are you using?

Source is key- lighting, type of water used to fill and maintain tank and location of tank

 

[HawaiianReef]

I have a 40g breeder, lightly planted. I had the same problem. I removed my plants and rinsed them off. Then moved them to another tank, a 20g long. The 40g, I killed the lights. Just ran ambient from the room, which is quite dim. I had this set up for a few months (had too much life going on and just left it alone). When I put the plants back in, my light was broken, so I switched to a used led light, a Current freshwater. It seems to doing fine now.
I honestly have doubts about if removing the plants and going dark actually killed off the cyano. I'm leaning more towards the different light spectrum.
I had cyano in my reef tank when I first started out. I ran a cheap t12 set up. I tried heavy flow, feeding less and manually removing it. As soon as I put on a decent light, it all went away and never came back on that tank.
My suggestion would be, change your bulbs.

 

[Coralreefer1]

I didn't even know cyano could be in fresh water, I find best fight for it is (it sounds odd I know) stability, don't let anything fluctuate, and keep on a gravel vac schedule

Cyanobacteria in fresh water is green colored whereas in saltwater it is red/brown in color. Spirulina algae is a species of Cyanobacteria which is non toxic whereas other forms can kill fish and inverts and also be toxic to humans.

 

[NotFishyFishGuy]

Thanks everyone. I manually removed it and used a remover powdery thing and now it is gone. However, I think it was only a temporary remover. My lighting is just one dennerle 10 watt or 5 watt I forget it is whichever nano light is the largest size. My plan is to keep using the powder until I break the tank down for an upgrade in a month. Thanks, Kevin