Robyneller
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- May 6, 2017
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- 11
Hi, I've had a fresh water aquarium pretty much continuously for the last 20 years and I've never encountered anything like this algae that is taking over my aquarium and my life!!! I have a 5 second video that I'm going to try to post. I am OBSESSIVE over caring for my fish. I have a 120 gallon tank with two fancy goldfish. I have tried everything I know to do. I change the tank every two weeks and alternate filter maintenance on the opposite week. I regularly use Nitra-Zorb, Phos-Zorb, Bio-Chem Zorb, Stress Zyme, Prime, Gold Buffer, and Wonder Shells. I change the zorbs out even earlier than recommended. I feed Hikari goldfish food only. I have a Large XP canister filter, and a Med XP filter (I needed the extra filter media baskets!) I also have three large pieces of Mopani Wood in there. The algae seems to go wild on this wood. I actually thought I had figured out how to get rid of it. I started taking a piece of the wood out each water change and soaking it in bleach/water and then scrubbing it clean. I then soaked it in Prime treated water for an hour or so before returning it to the tank. It only stayed away for two weeks and then comes back like it had never been removed! This long brown hair algae is taking over everything. It even consumes the gravel. Oh, my lighting is 1-48" T5 fixture, and 2-48" LED lights. I have the lights on a timer and they run for 9 hours each day. I can't find anything online that identifies what type of algae this is, so I'm hoping someone recognizes it and can help me figure out how to get rid of it or at least keep it somewhat under control. I can't even enjoy my fish because I have so much work to keep the tank decent looking.
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/nHEKnD4ZBpY
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/nHEKnD4ZBpY
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