Mr Bee
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OK, some stats.....
60L tropical (~24 C) with stock of:- 6 Glowlight tetra, 3 Neon tetra, ?? number of RCS and lots of MTS.
Well established for years, and maintains ammonia/nitrate etc. levels all nicely.
I have some spiky moss, anubias (barteri var. nana), and hygrophila (corymbosa 'siamensis 53B') in the way of live plants, with a selection of artificial/silk plants. Running with air pump, a fluval internal filter (2+ I think), and a 14W 15" tropical light. And I'm not doing any dosing or CO2.
I don't know if all or any of that is important, but it's there for reference if it is!!
Anyway, in the last month or so (which will be a few months after I introduced and started using live plants and lighting), I've noticed some black furrry algae starting to grow. Looks to grow in little spots, which kind of join up when they get bigger and closer together to form a black furry mass. Never had this before in last 3 or 4 years of having the tank, only since starting to use lighting - which I introduced as the live plants were struggling and dying over winter months.
Not sure if this is BBA? I suspect it could be, here's a few pics.....
If I try and pull it off anything, it feels really solidly glued on, cant pull it off. Its not growing on any of the live plants or rocks/slate either, only on the artificial plants, and on my little sunken ship tank decoration.
Can anyone help me with this.... is this BBA? what causes it? can it be got rid of? is it harmful to any of my fish/shrimp/snails?
Cheers...
60L tropical (~24 C) with stock of:- 6 Glowlight tetra, 3 Neon tetra, ?? number of RCS and lots of MTS.
Well established for years, and maintains ammonia/nitrate etc. levels all nicely.
I have some spiky moss, anubias (barteri var. nana), and hygrophila (corymbosa 'siamensis 53B') in the way of live plants, with a selection of artificial/silk plants. Running with air pump, a fluval internal filter (2+ I think), and a 14W 15" tropical light. And I'm not doing any dosing or CO2.
I don't know if all or any of that is important, but it's there for reference if it is!!
Anyway, in the last month or so (which will be a few months after I introduced and started using live plants and lighting), I've noticed some black furrry algae starting to grow. Looks to grow in little spots, which kind of join up when they get bigger and closer together to form a black furry mass. Never had this before in last 3 or 4 years of having the tank, only since starting to use lighting - which I introduced as the live plants were struggling and dying over winter months.
Not sure if this is BBA? I suspect it could be, here's a few pics.....
If I try and pull it off anything, it feels really solidly glued on, cant pull it off. Its not growing on any of the live plants or rocks/slate either, only on the artificial plants, and on my little sunken ship tank decoration.
Can anyone help me with this.... is this BBA? what causes it? can it be got rid of? is it harmful to any of my fish/shrimp/snails?
Cheers...