I have this brown furry algea i cant kick?

[Jesselav1233]

I've cleaned this stuff off a few times and it keeps coming back it's really ugly and I hate it is there some secret anyone knows to kill it?

 

[aqua_chem]

What's your tank's setup? Light, ferts, co2, etc.

 

[BBradbury]

Algae Problems

I've cleaned this stuff off a few times and it keeps coming back it's really ugly and I hate it is there some secret anyone knows to kill it?

Hello Jess...

My algae problems were from too much dissolved phosphate in the tank water. I was apparently feeding my fish and plants too much, so there was a lot of extra dissolved food in the tank for the algae.

It was recommended I get some Ramshorn snails to take care of the algae that was already growing the tank. It took a couple of months, but the snails did the job. For future problems, I started to cut back on the amount I fed my fish and plants. I feed and dose no more than twice a week. Phosphates are in both forms of nutrients, the algae favorite.

I didn't mess with the lighting, that would have affected my plants, so I left the timers alone. I did increase my water changes to half the tank volume every week. That removed some the dissolved nutrients.

These are the basics that helped me. I have no visible algae in any of my tanks now.

B

 

[Jesselav1233]

What's your tank's setup? Light, ferts, co2, etc.

55 gal tank got a coral light 10,000 k light I don't use any ferts or co2 I just added my first half does of flourish excel from seacheam this weekend

 

[Jesselav1233]

Hello Jess...

My algae problems were from too much dissolved phosphate in the tank water. I was apparently feeding my fish and plants too much, so there was a lot of extra dissolved food in the tank for the algae.

It was recommended I get some Ramshorn snails to take care of the algae that was already growing the tank. It took a couple of months, but the snails did the job. For future problems, I started to cut back on the amount I fed my fish and plants. I feed and dose no more than twice a week. Phosphates are in both forms of nutrients, the algae favorite.

I didn't mess with the lighting, that would have affected my plants, so I left the timers alone. I did increase my water changes to half the tank volume every week. That removed some the dissolved nutrients.

These are the basics that helped me. I have no visible algae in any of my tanks now.

B

I'll look into getting the snails if I can find them and I do 50% water changes twice a week since I have discus in the tank

 

[aqua_chem]

What kind of fixture though?

 

[Jesselav1233]

What kind of fixture though?

Umm.... It's just a regular long tube lights I'm not sure what u mean I replaced the bulb with the coral light 10,000k ocean/freshwter plant growth bulb it's super bright and nice and white

 

[Jesselav1233]

Okay so I let it grow back so I could get some good pics of it it's really bad now I'm going to clean it all off again but it keeps coming back how do I stop it????

 

[tropicalmackdaddy]

That looks like diatoms, any algae eater would love to clean that for you

 

[aqua_chem]

Or just wait it out. No point in getting an algae eater to fix a temporary problem.

 

[tropicalmackdaddy]

Or just wait it out. No point in getting an algae eater to fix a temporary problem.

But amano shrimp are so cool!

 

[Jesselav1233]

Or just wait it out. No point in getting an algae eater to fix a temporary problem.

So it will just stop eventually?