White algae looking growth in tank

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Over the past few days there seems to be what looks like white Algae growing in my tank.. Can anybody help... The picture below shows it growing on a fake plant in there..

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I've never seen it that bad, but when I have seen something like that, it has been due to a high bio-load. A friend of mine described something like that recently when he was doing a fishess cycle - i.e., lots of ammonia, which is a lot like a high bio-load.

Did something die in the tank? Did food get spilled in there? Has someone else been feeding the axolotls for you?

I recommend checking the ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates, and taking corrective action if necessary.
 
I put new biomax in there about a week and a half ago.. I'm going to test the parameters later today
 
Here are the parameters for my tank.. I'm colourblind and struggle to work out the results.. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1416929613.355214.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1416929623.337471.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1416929633.922433.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1416929643.189927.jpg
 
Both ammonia and nitrite are a bit high so a 50% (or more) water change would be good right now. And make sure to clean under all the ornaments etc. to make sure there is nothing rotting in there. It's probably good to keep testing the water every day for a little while so you can catch it early if the ammonia and nitrite start to rise again.
I would also take out everything that has the white stuff on them and scrub off as much as possible.
 
keiko said:
Both ammonia and nitrite are a bit high so a 50% (or more) water change would be good right now. And make sure to clean under all the ornaments etc. to make sure there is nothing rotting in there. It's probably good to keep testing the water every day for a little while so you can catch it early if the ammonia and nitrite start to rise again.

I would also take out everything that has the white stuff on them and scrub off as much as possible.
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Thankyou for the reply.. I will do a water change tonight and give everywhere a thorough clean.. And yes will keep checking the parameters..
 
Did a big clean and here are my parameters today.. These are better right?? ImageUploadedByTapatalk1417021741.192690.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1417021758.392334.jpg
 
That's a lot better. Looks like both ammonia and nitrite are down to 0 at the moment.
 
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