Recent content by marshmallow

I did a 50% water change after keeping my acquarium dark for 3 days. I put the lights back on for 8 hours - so I'll switch them to six now. I guess excess nutrients could be from well water ..... but have a feeling my main problem is the new lights and lazy algae eaters! :thanks:

water is tinted green My water is tinted green. Do you think it is too much lighting then? my new lights are much brighter than the old.

nitrate levels Hi. I tested my nitrates and it was 5. I did take a photo and used the attachment feature - hopefully that worked :hide: I believe I answered the rest of your questions in an earlier post ... thanks!

ok I will check my nitrate levels tonight. I wonder why it has only started happening after ten years of being set up ...... I have about 12 neons, a cherry barb, a couple orange barbs, about five rasboras, one big algae eater who hides usually in an open bark decoration, and two otocinclus...

Hi. Thank you for your quick reply. I am unable to post a picture. My water is green where I change water though - to give you an idea of how much (3 weeks after the last water change). Last time I checked my nitrate level is was fine. I haven't checked lately because I wasn't sure...

I've had my tank up for years. 65 gallon, unplanted, peaceful tank. All the sudden I have way too much algae and have to use algae kill every few weeks. I do have a few algae eaters but they tend to hide and only come out once in while - and that hasn't changed. The only thing I can...