maricutie
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi!
I'm currently trying to get rid of green spot algae in my 10Gal tank, and i have tried almost everything. The lighting is moderate at 2 watts/gal b/c i have java ferns, brazilian swords, banana plant and tons of anarchis -- in general, requiring pretty low levels of light.
The lights are on only 8 hrs a day, which i hear is minimum. They're on a timer, so i know for sure. If this algae was on the glass (which, strangely, its not) I wouldnt complain, but the thing is it's on my brazilian swords and java ferns. i did a huge clean up about 2 weeks ago and massive pruning to get rid of this stuff, but if i keep cutting off the leaves i'll have nothing left. The algae only seems to grow on the older leaves ...
I'm a college student on a budget, so I'm trying to figure out how to solve this cheaply. I'm currently doing 25% water changes weekly in hopes of solving this, but to no avail so far (2 weeks). i may increase it to everyother day if this doesn't help out. Thinking of using some algedicide (algone? algaefix?) b/c i can't find anything to get rid of it on the plants ...
If you know of anything I haven't yet tried please, please let me know!! thanks!!!
I'm currently trying to get rid of green spot algae in my 10Gal tank, and i have tried almost everything. The lighting is moderate at 2 watts/gal b/c i have java ferns, brazilian swords, banana plant and tons of anarchis -- in general, requiring pretty low levels of light.
The lights are on only 8 hrs a day, which i hear is minimum. They're on a timer, so i know for sure. If this algae was on the glass (which, strangely, its not) I wouldnt complain, but the thing is it's on my brazilian swords and java ferns. i did a huge clean up about 2 weeks ago and massive pruning to get rid of this stuff, but if i keep cutting off the leaves i'll have nothing left. The algae only seems to grow on the older leaves ...
I'm a college student on a budget, so I'm trying to figure out how to solve this cheaply. I'm currently doing 25% water changes weekly in hopes of solving this, but to no avail so far (2 weeks). i may increase it to everyother day if this doesn't help out. Thinking of using some algedicide (algone? algaefix?) b/c i can't find anything to get rid of it on the plants ...
If you know of anything I haven't yet tried please, please let me know!! thanks!!!