Algae on plant leaves
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Fishperson
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In theory you want none. Some on a few of the leaves is ok but none is best.
I mean there's no one answer to this you just want to limit it as much as possible. It impedes plant growth and often kills leaves.
I mean there's no one answer to this you just want to limit it as much as possible. It impedes plant growth and often kills leaves.
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Algae
Hello Fan...
I have some on my floating plants. A little is a sign of a healthy tank. Water changes performed regularly will remove some nutrients as will reducing the flaked foods you feed the fish. This will help reduce the rate that algae grows.
You can remove algae by hand with a soft bristled toothbrush, but this is a lot of work to me.
Floating plants like Hornwort will take away some of the nutrients in the water that algae normally uses.
I just try to keep the tank water as clean as possible and the algae doesn't grow too much.
B
Hello Fan...
I have some on my floating plants. A little is a sign of a healthy tank. Water changes performed regularly will remove some nutrients as will reducing the flaked foods you feed the fish. This will help reduce the rate that algae grows.
You can remove algae by hand with a soft bristled toothbrush, but this is a lot of work to me.
Floating plants like Hornwort will take away some of the nutrients in the water that algae normally uses.
I just try to keep the tank water as clean as possible and the algae doesn't grow too much.
B
Sk3lly
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99% of people aim to have no algae but this is incredibly difficult to achieve.
Algae is often caused by an imbalance between lighting, co2 and nutrients. The more algae you have the greater the imbalance in your tank and vice versa.
I do not agree that limiting nutrients is a form of algae prevention. Plants need nutrients to grow, if they dont get the necessary nutrients then they will not grow to their full potential and cannot out compete the algae.
I do agree with regular water changes.
Floating plants can be useful but bare in mind they will shade the plants below them
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Algae is often caused by an imbalance between lighting, co2 and nutrients. The more algae you have the greater the imbalance in your tank and vice versa.
I do not agree that limiting nutrients is a form of algae prevention. Plants need nutrients to grow, if they dont get the necessary nutrients then they will not grow to their full potential and cannot out compete the algae.
I do agree with regular water changes.
Floating plants can be useful but bare in mind they will shade the plants below them
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Fishperson
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I agree about not limiting nutrients, for the most part. Thats the foundation of EI dosing and many people have wonderful algae free tanks and dose EI under a high light setup.
Sk3lly
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How long do you run lights for?
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