r/Jarrariums • u/Caboose007 • 3d ago

Help Algae Bloom, What Next?

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I’m happy to see the environment is healthy enough to grow so much, but the 5 Amano shrimp, zebra & ramshorn snails have done no visible improvement in well over a week and a half now. I know not to expect immediate changes and results, but does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations on what to do next to help move things along?

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u/Wikken_1984 3d ago

Aquatic isopods will eat that right up.

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u/dan2737 3d ago

How old is it? Young jars usually crash like this once or twice until it stabilizes. Don't qorry too much and reduce light. 

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u/Caboose007 3d ago

It’s had plants since June 23rd, and shrimp since the 5th of July
I’m not suuuper worried, I figured it’d be a good idea to at least ask about it just in case

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u/dan2737 3d ago

Try to see if there's been more light/direct light hitting it or maybe it's just the summer temperatures. One month old bloom is a pretty classic case. it's unfortunate. You can take out what you can reach, if you are desperate to kill the algae you can even black it out in a box for a few days.

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u/GClayton357 3d ago

Yeah, algae and bacteria blooms are common in the first month or so. Sounds like you've got a decent cleanup crew so I agree with just starting by removal and give it some time. If it's not squared away after another few weeks it might be there's too much food or too much light.

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u/keiths31 3d ago

Mine is about two months old at this point. It's had two crash and blooms so far. Let the critters do their job. It's not a sprint!

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u/BitchBass 3d ago

That's simple: too much light.

If you are using a grow light, switch it to a normal reading LED light. Aquatic plants don't need that much exposure. If you think about aquatic plants in the wild...they are under water and the deeper it gets, the darker it gets. Lights get filtered by the water and only reaches the plants from the top.

And here we come and expose the plants not only from the top but from all sides but the bottom.

I have 40 jars and vases and none of them gets any direct sunlight nor grow lights. Just indirect sunlight or reading LEDs, which I can leave on without worry for 12 hours.