Help identifying algae

thisguy1 · Sep 15, 2023

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone could help me with identifying what kind of algae this is? I was wondering if it’s hair or turf algae maybe something else? My tank I still new only two months old now

blaxsun · Sep 15, 2023

I'm leaning towards a variety of GHA.

thisguy1 · Sep 15, 2023

blaxsun said:
I'm leaning towards a variety of GHA.

Yea that what I was thinking. My hermit will eat a small patch but not all the time. Added a few astrea snails hoping that would help. I don’t know if you would know but with my algae outbreak would that consume my nitrates making it 0 whenever I test for it? Trying to raise my nitrates but having trouble raising them

blaxsun · Sep 15, 2023

thisguy1 said:
Yea that what I was thinking. My hermit will eat a small patch but not all the time. Added a few astrea snails hoping that would help. I don’t know if you would know but with my algae outbreak would that consume my nitrates making it 0 whenever I test for it? Trying to raise my nitrates but having trouble raising them

Algae outbreaks can consume available nutrients, yes. You may have to manually remove as much as you can first before you start seeing any improvement. While doing this I'd also change your filter floss or socks more frequently.