algae control

RockabillyChick · 01-28-2006, 11:52 AM

i have a 10 gallon tank that has been established for about 2, maybe 3 months now (i don't remember exactly) its fully cycled, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and between 10 and 20 nitrate. 7.8pH. it contains one red honey gourami, 6 glowlight tetras, 3 crypts, 1 aponogeton, 1 lilly, and 3 other plants i haven't identified, and i'm still planning on adding more.

i have a real algae problem. i was getting some brown algae for a while, but now its almost all green algae. i have to scrub the leaves of my crypts, the glass, the driftwood, the heater, every time i do a water change. the algae is just on surfaces, the water is crystal clear. no green water. i like the way a SMALL amount of algae looks on the wood and rocks, but i don't want it on the glass or plants.

i'm going to start cutting back on the light, since i did have it on for quite a long time every day, but is there anything else i can do to get rid of the algae?

**Damon** · 01-30-2006, 06:54 AM

Green spot algae. Add PO4 (Phosphates).

mousey · 01-30-2006, 01:27 PM

wait!
you say to add phosphates?? i thought if you had BBA you took phosphates out? WHAT IF YOU HAVE 2 OR 3 different kinds of algae in a tank? what is going on then?
This is very confusing.
Mousey
ps i have just had an outbreak of BBA as well as more green spot algae.
maybe the better way is to get a pleco?

01-28-2006, 11:52 AM	#1
RockabillyChick Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 298	algae control i have a 10 gallon tank that has been established for about 2, maybe 3 months now (i don't remember exactly) its fully cycled, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and between 10 and 20 nitrate. 7.8pH. it contains one red honey gourami, 6 glowlight tetras, 3 crypts, 1 aponogeton, 1 lilly, and 3 other plants i haven't identified, and i'm still planning on adding more. i have a real algae problem. i was getting some brown algae for a while, but now its almost all green algae. i have to scrub the leaves of my crypts, the glass, the driftwood, the heater, every time i do a water change. the algae is just on surfaces, the water is crystal clear. no green water. i like the way a SMALL amount of algae looks on the wood and rocks, but i don't want it on the glass or plants. i'm going to start cutting back on the light, since i did have it on for quite a long time every day, but is there anything else i can do to get rid of the algae? __________________ She does nothing to deserve it He only wants to observe it We sit back like they taught us We keep quiet like they taught us He just wants, he wants to prove it She does nothing to remove it We don't want anyone to mind us So we play the roles that they assigned us She does nothing to conceal it He touches her 'cause he wants to feel it We blame her for being there But we are all guilty http://rockabillychick.deviantart.com/ Last edited by RockabillyChick; 01-28-2006 at 11:55 AM.

01-30-2006, 06:54 AM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Green spot algae. Add PO4 (Phosphates). __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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01-30-2006, 01:27 PM	#3
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 790	wait! you say to add phosphates?? i thought if you had BBA you took phosphates out? WHAT IF YOU HAVE 2 OR 3 different kinds of algae in a tank? what is going on then? This is very confusing. Mousey ps i have just had an outbreak of BBA as well as more green spot algae. maybe the better way is to get a pleco?

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