djmpj2
Aquarium Advice Freak
OK, we are getting really desperate with the amount of algae in the tank! First it was brown, then it turned a maroonish color. Now it is just green and it is all over. We have tried everything.
We are doing water changes very frequently. All the water parameters are very good. All the livestock are fine. It is just so ugly to look at. We clean the glass with the magnet and it is back the next day. It is all over the sand and the live rock.
Now that it has turned green we notice it is started to roll up in the sand. Almost looks like a tostado (the skinny mexican eggrolls
We decided to buy a vacuum and see if we can get any of it up. The only vacuum we could find was made to be a gravel vacuum. Well, not only was it too weak to pick up any of the pieces of algae, but it sucked out 5 gallons of water in minutes.
Then we decided to go at it with our fish net. This worked semi-OK as we attempted to pick up the large rolled pieces of sand/algae but what a mess we had when we were just 1/4 way across the tank. The sand is totally stirred up. (is this bad for the fish?) Plus we removed a good portion of sand in the process.
Is there a better way? We are nearing the end of our patience.
DJ
We are doing water changes very frequently. All the water parameters are very good. All the livestock are fine. It is just so ugly to look at. We clean the glass with the magnet and it is back the next day. It is all over the sand and the live rock.
Now that it has turned green we notice it is started to roll up in the sand. Almost looks like a tostado (the skinny mexican eggrolls
We decided to buy a vacuum and see if we can get any of it up. The only vacuum we could find was made to be a gravel vacuum. Well, not only was it too weak to pick up any of the pieces of algae, but it sucked out 5 gallons of water in minutes.
Then we decided to go at it with our fish net. This worked semi-OK as we attempted to pick up the large rolled pieces of sand/algae but what a mess we had when we were just 1/4 way across the tank. The sand is totally stirred up. (is this bad for the fish?) Plus we removed a good portion of sand in the process.
Is there a better way? We are nearing the end of our patience.
DJ