tootiemac
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Hi all posting on behalf of my dad for this one ( I have several tanks but have never seen what I am asking below)
My dad's tanks has been up and running for over 3 months and fully cycled for almost 2. It's a 60L marina tank with a Hagen slim s15 filter.
He has in the past 2 months experienced a vast algae problem. It develops and covers the floor of the tank completely. He has twice completely vacuumed the stone and once removed and completely cleansed them.
The problem is so great that he cleaned it 2 nights ago and 1/4 of the tank is covered again.
At first I thought over feeding but he follows the 5 minute rule, so then I thought lighting and so we cut the number of hours the tank light is on for down to 7.
This has made no difference to the algae issue.
Does any one have any ideas how to remove this for good??
He has two otocinclus but they go no where near it, preferring to suck the glass instead.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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My dad's tanks has been up and running for over 3 months and fully cycled for almost 2. It's a 60L marina tank with a Hagen slim s15 filter.
He has in the past 2 months experienced a vast algae problem. It develops and covers the floor of the tank completely. He has twice completely vacuumed the stone and once removed and completely cleansed them.
The problem is so great that he cleaned it 2 nights ago and 1/4 of the tank is covered again.
At first I thought over feeding but he follows the 5 minute rule, so then I thought lighting and so we cut the number of hours the tank light is on for down to 7.
This has made no difference to the algae issue.
Does any one have any ideas how to remove this for good??
He has two otocinclus but they go no where near it, preferring to suck the glass instead.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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