I had to go out of town last weekend on business. I left Friday and came back Sunday evening. Unfortunately, my light timer broke just prior to my departure so the lighting was my wife's responsibility. I told my wife to turn on my lights at 9 a.m. and turn them off at 7 p.m. giving my plants 10 hours of light each day. Apparently, she forgot about it and left them on the entire weekend.
Now I have algae I've never seen before and it is everywhere. I have green spot algae all over my plants. I also have string algae in large bunches throughout my tank. I even have the dreaded cyano. There are more types, but I'm not sure what they are.
So, what should I do? I haven't had an algae problem in so long. So far, I did a huge water change. Now I am going to do a blackout for three days. I think that should kill off most of the algae. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
Now I have algae I've never seen before and it is everywhere. I have green spot algae all over my plants. I also have string algae in large bunches throughout my tank. I even have the dreaded cyano. There are more types, but I'm not sure what they are.
So, what should I do? I haven't had an algae problem in so long. So far, I did a huge water change. Now I am going to do a blackout for three days. I think that should kill off most of the algae. Any other suggestions would be helpful.