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DanTheGuppyMan
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Oh cool! Do you ever try to keep the babies or just let nature takes its course
Help! Before my tank is abducted by algae!
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CorallineAlgae
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DanTheGuppyMan said:
If you have to pick out any food at all you're probably feeding three times more food than the fish need. Honestly, if you feed that much anything else you do won't stop the algae. Only feed what the fish will eat in about 30 seconds. They should still be looking for food after it's all gone. It's better to feed twice a day vey lightly than once a day heavily.
You could also cut out any plant leaves that are covered with algae. I had to cut a lot out when my tank went through an algae bloom. >_<
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Mostly it's just my anubias and Ludwigia...can you just cut the leaves right off the anubias? I was contemplating that but I thought it might be bad for the plant or something..
CorallineAlgae
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DanTheGuppyMan said:
You sure can. They grow back fast and much healthier. I wouldn't cut them all at once though.
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DanTheGuppyMan
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@CorallineAlgae: Thanks! I'll start tomorrow morning with my trimming. Any other things I should do/know to help get all this under control?
@Rivercats: Oh I see. I was just wondering what you do for that.
To everyone: I also have some green hair algae growing on the back wall of my tank, as well as on the front wall I have some dark green spots all over it like little pen points that are really hard to scrub off! Do yall know what those are?
@Rivercats: Oh I see. I was just wondering what you do for that.
To everyone: I also have some green hair algae growing on the back wall of my tank, as well as on the front wall I have some dark green spots all over it like little pen points that are really hard to scrub off! Do yall know what those are?
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DanTheGuppyMan
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I also heard dosing hydrogen peroxide was good to kill algae? Si or no? If so, how much?
Depending what type algae is on the anubia just spot treat it with Excel. Pull up a daily dose of Excel in a needless syringe, place almost against the effective leaves and slowly squirt them. You'll have to dose daily moving from area to area until you treat all the effected leaves. If it's diatoms just wipe them off and wait them out. Ludwigia can be trimmed down and replanted.
As for feeding I feed about 1/4 teaspoon to my 220g 1x day. The angels will also forage on hair algae if not overfed.
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Ohh thanks, that sounds safer than H2O2. I just get about 2 large flakes and crumble them up and stick my finger in the water to get their attention and they swim up and bob at the flakes as I drop them in...so cute 
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Yes! That's what I meant- brush algae.
I don't use H2O2, Excel works just fine.
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Yeah I was thinking about breeding since I have a bunch if spare 20 gallons now but I figured it would be too much of a hassle being I have to get this tank all ready before thinking about anything else lol. I have like 10 baby swordtails, guppies and mollies and whatnot from when I had my old community tank with all the live bearers-babies EVERYWHERE ALL the time. One of the reasons I switched to angels. I also have turtles, a hamster, and dogs to tend to so I have a lot going on right now haha! Oh I've gone way off track from the original issue- so overall I should: bring down my lighting to about 6 hours a day, lower my feeding, and trim the leaves and scrub most of the algae off and be patient. I also have ordered some duckweed...I've heard it helps get rid of algae quicker as well as the shrimp and snails I will order.
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Hey guys- quick update- today I trimmed all my plants, got rid of the leaves covered in algae, groomed up the tank a little, did a 50% water change and scrubbed all the sides and its looking a lot better, but I expect the algae to come back so I have my shrimp coming in tomorrow so hopefully they can help control it a little. I also am supposed to be getting my C02 tomorrow and my fish will come Friday. All my parameters are good now, nitrate at around 20ppm. Is that good? Ammonia at 0 as well as nitrite, and my pH is still stabilized at about 7.6 and my angels are great. Thanks for all the help!
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DanTheGuppyMan
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Ok so I'm good on nitrate. I checked my phosphate 2 days ago and completely forgot what it read...I'll do it tomorrow. So do you think I can pull off 8 angels in a 60 gallon for awhile until they get too big?
