Cleaning algae off acrylic

[brennae]

How should I go about scraping hair algae off of an 8 g cylindrical acrylic tank? Any tips on how to not grow it to begin with? The tank is planted and just has a few nano fish. I don't usually add forts but I do have almost the whole Seachem line.

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[tazzy_toon]

I use a credit card to scrape green spot algae off my tank, followed by a water change.

how long do you keep the lights on?

 

[brennae]

Light times vary from whenever someone gets up to whenever someone goes to bed plus some natural light. So I am guessing that is way too much light? I have a plant bulb on it and then there are cheap LED's built into the tank. I just shut off the plant light. I'm thinking if I cut back on that the algae will get better. I hope!

 

[Fresh2o]

Light times vary from whenever someone gets up to whenever someone goes to bed plus some natural light. So I am guessing that is way too much light? I have a plant bulb on it and then there are cheap LED's built into the tank. I just shut off the plant light. I'm thinking if I cut back on that the algae will get better. I hope!

It would not hurt to cut back and gain some consistency on the light schedule. Put it on a timer for 6-8 hours.

 

[brennae]

I can do that. Thanks to you both

 

[tazzy_toon]

one also thing you can do is have a "siesta" period. You can have 4 hrs of light followed by 2 hrs off and then 4 hrs on again. Apparently this doesn't bother plants but algae doesn't like it. I prefer this, because I'm usually out in the day, but home in the evening and that's when I enjoy my plants the most

 

[Tommy10]

Light times vary from whenever someone gets up to whenever someone goes to bed plus some natural light. So I am guessing that is way too much light? I have a plant bulb on it and then there are cheap LED's built into the tank. I just shut off the plant light. I'm thinking if I cut back on that the algae will get better. I hope!

I did the same thing with the same problem until I bought a digital timer for $10 at Walmart and have the siesta system going. It's also great because when I go away and have people look after my tank theres consistent lighting.


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