IDd euglena in my tank yesterday and there's very little info on how to treat it. Cheers!
Learn something new everyday! I've never heard of that algae before. Just did a quick search on R2R and found several forums on the topic..Just tread lightly if you decide to add chemicals for treatment...Here is one of the forums on euglena treatment..Good luckIDd euglena in my tank yesterday and there's very little info on how to treat it. Cheers!
You're not the only one. I had the UV on the tank for roughly a week prior to the blackout. The purpose of the short-term blackout was to determine whether this knocked them back/inhibited their growth, since I wanted a quick answer before deciding whether to move towards silicate dosing to try and outcompete them with diatoms.I’m surprised/skeptical that such a short blackout would kill them all but thanks for the update and thought process.
I did not. It's not something I've ruled out, but a few steps further along the 'escalation' curve than I've been willing to go.Wow nice!! Did you dose any hydrogen peroxide?
You know you love it.Nerd
Never said I didn’t…You know you love it.
Not my picture, but it looked more or less like this over the sand of the tank:Euglena? I thought Euglena was free plankton. Do you have a photo of what it looked like in your tank? I ask because a couple weeks ago I pulled out a ton of GHA from my rockwork and end of last week I saw green blobby slime algae in its place. Was hoping to siphon it out this week and do a very, very long overdue water change.
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