Let's not forget certain fish flakes will also affect levels and cause green spot algea. I've had very little green spot algea in non planted aquariums.
When I have some GSA on Anubias, I just lower the water level, let the leaves to dry (about 2 minutes), then spray them with liquid carbon, wait for about a minute (max 2 otherwise you burn the plants) and then wash them with water. The GSA is completely gone in 3 or 4 days.
Don't do this with soft fast growing plants, the carbon will damage them. Anubias is hardy enough. I do this once a month and all leaves are nice and clean. And use some face mask or respirator, the carbon aerosol is dangerous.
I stopped dosing phosphates because I thought It had triggered my hair algae (it was iron actually from dosing Seachem Equilibrium and Comprehensive at the same time). Then I got GSA I guess because of low phosphates. Thanks for the video, it's reassuring, I noticed improvements since I started dosing phosphates again. I still think it's the worst algae, once it's on a delicate leaf you can't remove it as you would with black beard or hair algae. Reading about how Nerite spread eggs everywhere is stopping me from getting them.
I think I maybe have low phosphates as well, I only have 3 SAE, Did purchase 15pcs of Cardinal Tetras last week and bought Phosphate solution too with Seachem. I hope this time I can get rid of GSA..
Wat is fossfate levels? Ik schrijf het wss ook verkeerd. Ben de Engelse taal machtig maar dit zegt me even niets en wel belangrijk. Interessante video.
hi my name is Abhi and i am from southern part of India.the base water which we have here is the normal ground well water.so if taking in that well water for setting up a planted aquarium,is it better to use the water after RO filtration or UV filtration or directly(scared for this option cos it definitly have algae particles)
Thanks Mj for this video and the rest of your algae series. After watching your videos so many time only realise that I actually might be lack in NPK because I always got GSA and also dust althought I dose consistent micros supplements using JBL ProfloraTab and Liquids and also JBL Kugeln. The growth of my AR and Limnophila Aromatica and all my fadt growers are superb but only lacking of the nice green colour. It's so obvious in my Anubias that shows yellowing on old growth moving inward. Just ordered JBL NPK and see whether it'll fix my GSA and yellowing Anubias issues. I come to this conclusion because realising I have very low bioload with only 6 Dwarf Rainbows and 5 tiny Guppies which I think won't supply enough waste, and some more I have medium lighting with CO2 injection. Keep flowing your awesome videos buddy 👊😎👍
@@MJAquascaping Yes buddy, I also hope this is a right fix to achieve lush green plants and more dazzling red. Appreciate if you have any valueable tips on using the NPK. 🤞😎👍
I am so silly I thought my plants were nutrient deficient so I added liquid fertilizer ( plus a second light ). Within few days the algae gets much worse actually. Then I realize it’s algae ( still in cycling period )
same here.. installed a light with dimmer, reduce liquid dosing ,did water changes a lot and manually remove affected leaves , lost many plants . now after almost 2 months it seems to have lowered a lot , still in my tank but tolerable..
Hi sir, new subscriber here. I was watching your video on CO2 and adding gelatin very clever. I do use sugar and yeast and baking soda gives it a kick in the @#% !!! I like using the passive bell delivery system instead of a diffuser. For me it lasts for about 24 hours in the bell ,and at night my air pump on a timer it runs when the lights are off . Which the lights are on a timer also. With out timers it would be all most impossible to run a simple of sugar and yeast. Also have you heat of a system called (Anoxic Filtration systems ). If you have a chance check it out on you tube. Dr. Kevin Novak video Ok like to hear your take on it. Thanks john
Every planted tank has a different uptake of phosphates, so its hard to give a specific number, but EI method (Tom Barr) suggests there is not a case of too much nutrients..., whats your experience with npk levels vs algae ? Do you think they are related?
Does it happen from "too clean" a tank? I have a 33 Gallon/125 Litre tank with 7 Platys, 7 Corydoras, 8 Neon Tetras and 1 Bristlenose Pleco and I do like 70% water change every week and vaccum the top of the sand and I always get this little circular algae growing on the glass in the bottom like 4 inches of the tank. It also grows on the leaves of a fake plant. I actually have 2 tanks the same and my other tank I only do like 40% water change on because it has an external filter that has an intake just below half way down and I keep it on working during water changes and in that I only get the green dust type or slime type which a Bristlenose and 2 Nerite snails eat so I like that but on that other tank I do bigger water changes and I dont get that type but the spot type?
So I'm struggling with GSA in my 60L planted tank, been using tropica specialized fert but my phosphates keep bottoming out to 0 daily, so I have been dosing flourish phosphate to 1 ppm but test the next day and its back to 0. Its been about 2 weeks now and the GSA is getting worse even with the daily does of phosphates... any idea what the issue here might be? Its mostly on the plants with very few spots on the glass. Any help would be realllyyyy appreciated, watched this vid like 7 times and downloaded the algae guide, its been driving me mad😅
Thatnks Mark, started getting Green spot algea and tested Phosphate and it’s non existent. Just ordered Seachem Phosphorus to tackle it thanks to this video.
Unrelated to this video but do you have any filter recommendations for a dennerle scaper's tank 35l with DIY co2? I was going to run a small sponge filter and hide it behind some plants but I feel like that will cancel out the co2. (stocking endlers and neocaradina shrimp) Thanks.
@@MJAquascaping There is no flow, I currently don't have any filter in the tank as its a new set up. But I will be getting shrimp/fish soon so am looking for a filter suitable for them.
@@MJAquascaping It looks good but I'd like to use the aquarium with the lid on so I don't think the filter would fit. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
Hi, i really appreciate the vid. I'm battling gsa atm. I really need your help. I need to know roughly how much phosphate to add to my set up thanks. I have a medium light pressurised co2 60L tank. Substrate : ADA power sand special( it has bacter 100 and clear super already added with the pumice stone) then i have flourite black sand on top. Ferts: i use Seachem root tabs, pps macro and pps micro liquid ferts. Plants: atm 1 anubias coffeefolia, 2 Anubius Lorraine, 1 Anubias nana white, 1 Buce brownie blue, 1 crypt pink flamingo, 6 ludwigia ovalis, half the tank is covered in floating plants dwarf water lettuce. And im waiting on my AR mini order to arrive. So how much phosphate for my set up?
Thanks, definitely going to check my phosphate tomorrow... And put some nerite snails in my tank..
Let's not forget certain fish flakes will also affect levels and cause green spot algea. I've had very little green spot algea in non planted aquariums.
Thanks for the guide, you have some beautiful aquascapes
Thank you!
totally loving those Gertrude rainbows!!!!!!
Yeah they are a great fish to keep!
As usual, good info MJ👍🏻
This is the only alge I have and it drives me nuts lol
When I have some GSA on Anubias, I just lower the water level, let the leaves to dry (about 2 minutes), then spray them with liquid carbon, wait for about a minute (max 2 otherwise you burn the plants) and then wash them with water. The GSA is completely gone in 3 or 4 days.
Don't do this with soft fast growing plants, the carbon will damage them. Anubias is hardy enough. I do this once a month and all leaves are nice and clean. And use some face mask or respirator, the carbon aerosol is dangerous.
Thank again 🙏🏻
Another reason is sunlight. Mine is situated beside the window, so lots of sunlight. There is a boom in the GSA.
me too
I stopped dosing phosphates because I thought It had triggered my hair algae (it was iron actually from dosing Seachem Equilibrium and Comprehensive at the same time).
Then I got GSA I guess because of low phosphates.
Thanks for the video, it's reassuring, I noticed improvements since I started dosing phosphates again.
I still think it's the worst algae, once it's on a delicate leaf you can't remove it as you would with black beard or hair algae.
Reading about how Nerite spread eggs everywhere is stopping me from getting them.
I think I maybe have low phosphates as well, I only have 3 SAE, Did purchase 15pcs of Cardinal Tetras last week and bought Phosphate solution too with Seachem. I hope this time I can get rid of GSA..
Thank You Sir
doe easylife algexit work on this
How to check with the phosphate??
Best to use a testkit like this one amzn.to/3pfeVGi
Wat is fossfate levels? Ik schrijf het wss ook verkeerd. Ben de Engelse taal machtig maar dit zegt me even niets en wel belangrijk. Interessante video.
hi my name is Abhi and i am from southern part of India.the base water which we have here is the normal ground well water.so if taking in that well water for setting up a planted aquarium,is it better to use the water after RO filtration or UV filtration or directly(scared for this option cos it definitly have algae particles)
Hi try ro is the best I use the 5rs can water for my aquarium and it works out great
😭😭😭😭spot algae everywhere on my plants. It’s still new tank in cycling now. I am heartbroken
Do you test after dosing or after absorption period?
Hi thanks for the information how do I use easy live carbo to kill green alages. Thanks
Thanks Mj for this video and the rest of your algae series. After watching your videos so many time only realise that I actually might be lack in NPK because I always got GSA and also dust althought I dose consistent micros supplements using JBL ProfloraTab and Liquids and also JBL Kugeln. The growth of my AR and Limnophila Aromatica and all my fadt growers are superb but only lacking of the nice green colour. It's so obvious in my Anubias that shows yellowing on old growth moving inward. Just ordered JBL NPK and see whether it'll fix my GSA and yellowing Anubias issues. I come to this conclusion because realising I have very low bioload with only 6 Dwarf Rainbows and 5 tiny Guppies which I think won't supply enough waste, and some more I have medium lighting with CO2 injection. Keep flowing your awesome videos buddy 👊😎👍
Awesome! Let's hope you will get rid of the algae with the addition of npk!
@@MJAquascaping Yes buddy, I also hope this is a right fix to achieve lush green plants and more dazzling red. Appreciate if you have any valueable tips on using the NPK. 🤞😎👍
Will i get rid of GSA if i start dosing phosphate?
What is too high or too low phosphate #'s great video but where is the information of phosphate levels
Nevermind it was later in the video
You could have gone more indepth with the whole phosphate thing I'm still unsure
I am so silly I thought my plants were nutrient deficient so I added liquid fertilizer ( plus a second light ). Within few days the algae gets much worse actually. Then I realize it’s algae ( still in cycling period )
same here.. installed a light with dimmer, reduce liquid dosing ,did water changes a lot and manually remove affected leaves , lost many plants . now after almost 2 months it seems to have lowered a lot , still in my tank but tolerable..
Is there any actual empirical evidence that it's caused by phosphate, versus hundreds of other things?
Hi sir, new subscriber here.
I was watching your video on CO2 and adding gelatin very clever. I do use sugar and yeast and baking soda gives it a kick in the @#% !!!
I like using the passive bell delivery system instead of a diffuser. For me it lasts for about 24 hours in the bell ,and at night my air pump on a timer it runs when the lights are off .
Which the lights are on a timer also. With out timers it would be all most impossible to run a simple of sugar and yeast.
Also have you heat of a system called (Anoxic Filtration systems ).
If you have a chance check it out on you tube.
Dr. Kevin Novak video
Ok like to hear your take on it.
Thanks john
green spot algae is much much more often caused by high light intensity with low phosphates combination than opposite.
Every planted tank has a different uptake of phosphates, so its hard to give a specific number, but EI method (Tom Barr) suggests there is not a case of too much nutrients..., whats your experience with npk levels vs algae ? Do you think they are related?
Does it happen from "too clean" a tank? I have a 33 Gallon/125 Litre tank with 7 Platys, 7 Corydoras, 8 Neon Tetras and 1 Bristlenose Pleco and I do like 70% water change every week and vaccum the top of the sand and I always get this little circular algae growing on the glass in the bottom like 4 inches of the tank. It also grows on the leaves of a fake plant.
I actually have 2 tanks the same and my other tank I only do like 40% water change on because it has an external filter that has an intake just below half way down and I keep it on working during water changes and in that I only get the green dust type or slime type which a Bristlenose and 2 Nerite snails eat so I like that but on that other tank I do bigger water changes and I dont get that type but the spot type?
That could be! If your tank is too clean, there is a good chance that your phosphate levels are very low, which will then result in GSA
What if your phosphate levels are high and you clean your tank regularly. What would you use to lower the phosphate levels?
So I'm struggling with GSA in my 60L planted tank, been using tropica specialized fert but my phosphates keep bottoming out to 0 daily, so I have been dosing flourish phosphate to 1 ppm but test the next day and its back to 0. Its been about 2 weeks now and the GSA is getting worse even with the daily does of phosphates... any idea what the issue here might be? Its mostly on the plants with very few spots on the glass. Any help would be realllyyyy appreciated, watched this vid like 7 times and downloaded the algae guide, its been driving me mad😅
i think daily the algae is consuming the phospahtes that you are dosing
Thatnks Mark, started getting Green spot algea and tested Phosphate and it’s non existent. Just ordered Seachem Phosphorus to tackle it thanks to this video.
Fantastic!
Are you sure that it's not due to high light and low Co2 levels?
Yep!
Unrelated to this video but do you have any filter recommendations for a dennerle scaper's tank 35l with DIY co2?
I was going to run a small sponge filter and hide it behind some plants but I feel like that will cancel out the co2.
(stocking endlers and neocaradina shrimp)
Thanks.
What do you think about the dennerle scapers flow?
@@MJAquascaping There is no flow, I currently don't have any filter in the tank as its a new set up. But I will be getting shrimp/fish soon so am looking for a filter suitable for them.
The dennerle scapers flow is a small external filter 😅
@@MJAquascaping Oh right I thought you were asking me how the flow was in my tank haha. I'll take a look at it now.
@@MJAquascaping It looks good but I'd like to use the aquarium with the lid on so I don't think the filter would fit. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
Hi, i really appreciate the vid. I'm battling gsa atm. I really need your help. I need to know roughly how much phosphate to add to my set up thanks. I have a medium light pressurised co2 60L tank. Substrate : ADA power sand special( it has bacter 100 and clear super already added with the pumice stone) then i have flourite black sand on top. Ferts: i use Seachem root tabs, pps macro and pps micro liquid ferts. Plants: atm 1 anubias coffeefolia, 2 Anubius Lorraine, 1 Anubias nana white, 1 Buce brownie blue, 1 crypt pink flamingo, 6 ludwigia ovalis, half the tank is covered in floating plants dwarf water lettuce. And im waiting on my AR mini order to arrive. So how much phosphate for my set up?
Can i rub off the gsa directly from the leaves surface ???
Nah it’s very stubborn
Hi
Green dust algue !!!
I finde green spot algae is the worst for covering plants and blocks light killing plants