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| Re: green algea problem [message #9564] |
Mon, 14 April 2008 11:44   |
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Green algae to me signifies that the tank is very healthy as far as plants can grow in it. The algae is putting off a ton of oxygen no doubt and your fish are probably thriving very nicely. They also eat the algae which is a bonus, helps keep malawi bloat from occuring.
I personally wouldn't mind the algae growing in my tank on the rocks and stuff, I could see the problem on the glass and the sand however.
I usually get asked how to get rid of brown algae which is usually do to nitrates being high but rarely do I get asked how to get rid of green algae. The only thing you can really do for green algae is to change your lighting to a lesser sun value, clean all the algae you can can and keep up on it as much as possible.
There is one major thing you can do to get rid of the algae and wouldn't normally recommend this but because it is become such an issue in your tank, you can do a total clean out. It would require recycling your tank all over again. You would have to bleach all your rock, glass, fake plants etc etc.
There is always the chemicals to get rid of algae which I don't recommend at all but when weighing it against a total clean out, not sure what I would do.
I would love to have algae in the tank but like you, would hate for it to become a problem with the white sand. I have been trying for green algae for sometime now and just can't seem to get it. What kind of lights do you have in your tanks?
What ever you decide to do about your alge, let me know first so we can work through it together without hurting the fish.
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