AQUARIUM ALGAE GUIDE Ep #4 Cyanobacteria - Blue Green Algae Removal

Loved that Swamp Thing part lol (hardcore DC comics fan over here). I've never experienced this type of "algae" before

I had a case of BGA in one of my aquariums, I increased the flow and changed my filter placement it all went away and hasn’t came back!

This series in algae is great, I’m waiting for the green hair/thread algae episode. Cheers

Dutch tank is looking better Every video!!!

had ik net nodig haha maar dat wist je al!:D

Great informative video! I did have issues with bga when I first set up my 9 gallon fluval flex! It kept appearing on my sand foreground! I actually saw one of my amanos eating it! It eventually went away shortly after I started dosing ferts! I haven’t seen it since! Looking forward to the next green spot algae video since I have just a few spots of it on my anubius nana petite! Thought the amanos and horned nerites would’ve taken care of it but nope! Haha

Thanks for this series on algae and how to deal with it. I've been using DIY Co2 as per your video from a while ago and it's made a massive difference to the plants that I'm growing in my first aquarium. Along with the growth of plants I also got a ton of green hair algae and some green spot algae. Water changes and scraping it off and suctioning it off has really helped. Thanks for all your work.

Hoe check je jouw waterwaardes,
a mg/l ??

Love this series bro

I hard it can be caused by lack of oxygen so i added a powerhead with air line and it went away over night 🙂🙂 think i got lucky
It was in the beging and just saw it form some on the sand .

But my goldfish are eating blue green algae

My goldfish are eating blue green algae

If I send a picture of my substrate could you tell me what kind of algae I have?

Thank's mj brilliant advice

Need subtitle please

How about avoiding exposure to direct sunlight as a preventive measure or the use of UV-c light as a treatment?

I've researched a lot about blue green algae and this video is the best recourse I've seen. Great job.

Stop calling it algae. It’s ok to be scientifically accurate. It’s a bacteria. Call it that.

Please tell me the best fertilizer to remove bga currently I’m using apt complete

Turkish subtitle please...🙏

Hi! Would doing the black out affect the plants and fish as well? Plants since they also need light to grow and fish cos wouldn't they miss me lol
I also have this cyano as well and currently figuring out ferts dosage and adjusting flow (any minor change I can do first before I resort to medicines).

This is helpful 😁👌

Bro get to the point

"Ultra Life Blue Green Slime Remover". It does not harm fish and it works every time on slime algae. I wish I knew about it years ago.

For my the main reason is waterflow. I tested one tank with flow vs 1 tank without flow . after 1 week without flow the substrate (fine sand) Cyano patches grow day by day. After i put a flowpump in the tank after a view days the cyanos are completly removed !

I seem to be having good luck dosing seachem nitrogen. Thanks for the tip!

Hello! I keep my acquarium during 2 years and I can’t get bga away. I’ve changed 3 different substrates. Now I have jbl neutral substrate. 😭 I have no3 about 5 mg/l now. And my test is saying that I have almost po4 = 0. Why do I have them? I have lot of co2, ph=6,8

i think now i know what cause BGA in my outdoor tank.... the temperature is too warm almost stable at 29-32 C, thanks by the way....

I never do water changes and even have a filterless planted vase, with 0 cyanobacteria. I do have algae and test for phosphates and it's 0 unless I dose ferts. All low-tech, cheap lights. Never in my long experience in aquariums have had cyanobacteria.

I love my blue green algae… Aka aqua algae.

can I use tetracycline for planted tank? If yes how much should I add 250mg of tetracycline for 45cm tank densely planted tank with fishes shrimps and snails

shoutout to @aquariumcoop in here

Does spot treatment with peroxide work?

What about the plants in the aquarium when you try a black out method? Would they melt away?

great videos. I just wanted to add some points about using anti biotics.first when you use antibiotics you have to make sure to get rid of it because it can get toxic after two days.using activated charcoal and a huge water change helps with that.another point is that antibiotics will kill nitrifying bacteria too. so if you use anti biotics, after changing water and removing traces of the antibiotic, you have to cycle your tank again.

Careful with the antibiotics. You don't want them in the water system, and bacteria will evolve toward resistance.

Heb al een jaar lang problemen met die rotalg, maar nog nooit gedacht aan een nitraat tekort... Aangezien ik maar 2 EBA's heb en 3 sewellias in een volgeplant 500 l aquarium zou dit wel eens de oplossing kunnen zijn🤞

Hey so if i do the blackout method, wouldnt it harm all my plants?
Love your videos 💚 6 months in and only one out of my 3 tanks has problems with BGA 😬

Thanks! Just made an order for all that stuff :)

Thanks I tried the blackout method for 5 days and now it is gone but it left a swampy or lake smell.

Do you ever notice a pH change when you get BGA in a tank?

Yes, E-mycin also is prescribed for people.

Has using Nitrogen Fertilizer ever proven to be true? Trying to figure out the best way to deal with this at the moment before it gets wildly out of control

I have some algae that's really stuck on my anubias. I tried using a soft toothbrush to clean it off but I'm afraid of damaging the plants. Is it safe to scrub a little harder to get it off?

To me it smell like a swamp yes but with pepper lol

How do you get it? Never understood how it gets introduced into my aquarium

Strange, I never had bga when I used an aquarium heater. I no longer use one ( house is very stable Temps) soon as the heater was removed bga exploded

If I use the antibiotic will it hurt my healthy fish?