Spongy Algae

[marie]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Wow I just removed a chunk of that last night, the weirdest thing. It was in the back 40 of my tank and I didn't even realize it was there. Mine was black looking though and green underneath. Weird

Mine was the same, I just assumed the black looking part was just a really, really dark green

[MikeP]

What about manually removing all that you can and then do a 2 or 3 day lights out period. That may help get rid of it for good.

Just a thought.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by MikeP

What about manually removing all that you can and then do a 2 or 3 day lights out period. That may help get rid of it for good.

Just a thought.

I'd be willing to give that a shot. I'm going to cut back my lighting period and next time I do a cleaning I'll be extra thorough and give the tank a few days of darkness immediately after.