Skunky
Aquarium Advice Regular
My 5g desktop has been getting brown algae for the past 2 weeks. I hate it. I have high nitrates in my tap (40ppm) and read that high nitrates can cause the brown stuff. A week after a water change, the nitrate level is at 80 or higher. I keep the lights on for about 11 hours each day, and I do weekly 25% water changes with cleaning of sides of tank. Oh, I've done a fishless cycle.
I have five young, beautiful male Endler's and a baby who is just about at the age to be sexed, and it looks like a female (!). There is also a young red ramshorn snail in there. He/she can't begin to clean up the brown gunk.
Just tonight I noticed specks of green on the sides of the tank. Is it true that the green will out-compete the brown? I was just checking into RO systems, but maybe what is happening in my tank is a normal cycle. ?
Someone here suggested I be happy with my tap nitrates and plant. I already have lots of plants; there's not much room left for more. Well, no, truth be told I could fit a few more in if I have to. A few of the leaves of the existing plants are getting coated with brown algae, which I can clean off, but it comes right back even worse.
I have a 30g coming my way in a few days. It will be planted while it cycles, and I hope to get the female moved in ASAP. The males are showing mating behaviors to each other, so it's time.
If anyone has had experience with algae in a young tank, I would really appreciate your advice. If I'm doing something wrong, please let me know. Thank you!
I have five young, beautiful male Endler's and a baby who is just about at the age to be sexed, and it looks like a female (!). There is also a young red ramshorn snail in there. He/she can't begin to clean up the brown gunk.
Just tonight I noticed specks of green on the sides of the tank. Is it true that the green will out-compete the brown? I was just checking into RO systems, but maybe what is happening in my tank is a normal cycle. ?
Someone here suggested I be happy with my tap nitrates and plant. I already have lots of plants; there's not much room left for more. Well, no, truth be told I could fit a few more in if I have to. A few of the leaves of the existing plants are getting coated with brown algae, which I can clean off, but it comes right back even worse.
I have a 30g coming my way in a few days. It will be planted while it cycles, and I hope to get the female moved in ASAP. The males are showing mating behaviors to each other, so it's time.
If anyone has had experience with algae in a young tank, I would really appreciate your advice. If I'm doing something wrong, please let me know. Thank you!