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Fluro Green

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I have just setup my tank again and now my driftwood has some bright green and I mean fluro green growth on it the water doesn't smell and it doesn't bother the fish but how do i get rid of it ??

that's what it is (cyano) but the question of how do you get rid of it is best answered with erythromycin... probably need it prescribed tho. crush up the tab/s and add to the water. i believe it can be caused by either zero nitrates or too many nitrates.

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kind of slimy and furry its just on parts of the drift wood its in a slimy patch on the top and long furry like patches along the long part of the log...my tank is only cycling at the moment and according to my test nitrite/nitrate and ammonia all at zero.... will any of the bristlenoses clean it?

sounds like cyano i've had it on floating driftwood before. i haven't had to treat it tho as some plants i had started growing up on the wood and i just scrubbed it and heavily water changed (was a discus tank tho). bristlenose won't eat it :-?

Nothing will eat it. It may disappear on its own once the tank gets established and stabilised. Remove as much as possible then try blacking out the tank for 3 or 4 days.

I had it take over my tank at one point (due to an imbalance of nutients I think.)

after 1-2 weeks it completly died off (tank balanced out)

Now silly me have added some nutrients etc, and what do you know its back.

bummer yeeahboy

overseas someone reckoned the florida flagfish would eat it but i think it's toxic so i find this unlikely. i assume the florida flagfish as they called it is the american flagfish here.

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