Please help me identify this

[ZachariahBeanz]

Hi, I’ve just come back from vacation, it was for a week. My friend was taking care of my tank (feeding frozen food once a day) I’ve come back, and I saw this
I think the bubbles are just air bubbles but wanted to make sure as I’ve never seen these before.

There’s also this weird algae on my tanks glass and rocks, it’s not everywhere but it’s in a lot of places. It wasn’t here before and I don’t know what it is. It’s a white film looking algae. If you know what this is please help. Also, I’ve not been able to test since it’s very late at night, but I will in the morning. My tank also doesn’t currently run a light

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

Hi, I’ve just come back from vacation, it was for a week. My friend was taking care of my tank (feeding frozen food once a day) I’ve come back, and I saw this
I think the bubbles are just air bubbles but wanted to make sure as I’ve never seen these before.

There’s also this weird algae on my tanks glass and rocks, it’s not everywhere but it’s in a lot of places. It wasn’t here before and I don’t know what it is. It’s a white film looking algae. If you know what this is please help. Also, I’ve not been able to test since it’s very late at night, but I will in the morning. My tank also doesn’t currently run a light

I’ve just tested water, and the nitrates are quite high. So I think that would explain the algae, but I don’t know why my nitrates are so high. I feed frozen food once a day, and I have three fish in my 20g AIO

 

[shcrimps]

your tank looks brand new still
the ugly phase is probably starting to begin
grab a bottle of copepods

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

your tank looks brand new still
the ugly phase is probably starting to begin
grab a bottle of copepods

Which copepods do you recommend from algae barn?

 

[BristleWormHater]

Which copepods do you recommend from algae barn?

Had similar algae before, I bought a trochus snail and he took care of it in a day. As for Id on the algae it is likely a common form of algae, but lacks pigment, because there is no light for the cyrophill to feed off of. The bubbles are likely just air or nitrogen bubbles that were realesed from the sand bed and got caught on the rock, nothing to worry about.

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

Had similar algae before, I bought a trochus snail and he took care of it in a day. As for Id on the algae it is likely a common form of algae, but lacks pigment, because there is no light for the cyrophill to feed off of. The bubbles are likely just air or nitrogen bubbles that were realesed from the sand bed and got caught on the rock, nothing to worry about.

Thank you, I don’t have a CUC since I dont have a light, but I’ll be getting both soon

 

[shcrimps]

Which copepods do you recommend from algae barn?

i get mine off of ebay
cheaper and you get a ton

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[ZachariahBeanz]

i get mine off of ebay
cheaper and you get a ton

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Thanks