I have come home from a two week holiday to a frightening sight
My mother in law has been feeding my tank whilst I was away with the food which I had portioned into individual days to avoid overfeeding. A couple of days ago she started saying the tank was going very green, but to my horror on my return tonight, it is VERY GREEN, with bright green algae.
My angels were looking very unhappy at the bottom of the tank, but my Clown Loaches, Gourami, and Rainbow Shark all looked ok. I performed a 20% water change & my angels seem to have perked up considerably (so hope they're ok). The only thing I could think is that I removed a couple
Of plants before going away, but didn't reduce my lighting, and this has caused it.
I did a test after performing my PWC & my readings were as follows: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Ph 6.5(usual) & Nitrate 5, so I am hoping that the quality is ok for my fish.
Any suggestions as to what to do next? PWC's every day for a few days? I have turned my lights off completely to hopefully slow the growth.
Not what I wanted to see on my return.....
My mother in law has been feeding my tank whilst I was away with the food which I had portioned into individual days to avoid overfeeding. A couple of days ago she started saying the tank was going very green, but to my horror on my return tonight, it is VERY GREEN, with bright green algae.
My angels were looking very unhappy at the bottom of the tank, but my Clown Loaches, Gourami, and Rainbow Shark all looked ok. I performed a 20% water change & my angels seem to have perked up considerably (so hope they're ok). The only thing I could think is that I removed a couple
Of plants before going away, but didn't reduce my lighting, and this has caused it.
I did a test after performing my PWC & my readings were as follows: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Ph 6.5(usual) & Nitrate 5, so I am hoping that the quality is ok for my fish.
Any suggestions as to what to do next? PWC's every day for a few days? I have turned my lights off completely to hopefully slow the growth.
Not what I wanted to see on my return.....