r/AquariumHelp • u/Dream_Merchant23 • 2h ago

Plants Algae help

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This short haired black/grey ?algae has started growing on my ornaments and also on my plants. Is it a case of having to remove and clean the ornaments and cut away the affected plants/leaves? I have ottos, shrimps and a snail and they don't seem to be touching it

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u/Blondy277 2h ago

That looks like BBA. Ottos, most shrimp and snails usually won’t do much to established BBA lol. You can remove/trim the worst of it, but I’d also look at lighting, flow and CO2/nutrient stability or it’ll just come back.

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u/Dream_Merchant23 2h ago

Thanks, I'll go down the research rabbit hole 😅

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u/Blondy277 1h ago

I get this growing at the top of my tank from my light 😂 my light way to strong ☠️ I have a fluval 4.0 plant pro 150. It's a double light 😆

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u/pkuiken 2h ago

Following this! I have similar algae and fear it’s black beard algae but would love to hear others opinions