BondStreet
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi...
Haven't been on in a couple months. Have been way busy...urgh.
Anyways, just to refresh, I have a 75gal planted and everything has been goin pretty well. My old beard algae prob went away simply by NOT doing a water change EVERY week, but every OTHER week. Also, I turned the light time down from 9 hours to 7. And so far? Plants and fish are doing great and the BEARD algae is gone.
Now, I have a question about the tiny algae spores that surround the glass. Now it's not a terrible problem - I can still see through my tank fine, however, I don't want to it become a big prob. I tried wiping down with an algae sponge that I bought from the LFS, but the spores are stuck on their real well. It's extremely hard to scrub them off. Is there any remedy that anyone recommends? Any chemical(preferrably not) treatment? Snails, maybe? I just dont want to come home one day and not be able to look into the tank cause the algae is out of control.
Thanks for any advice!
Bondstreet
Haven't been on in a couple months. Have been way busy...urgh.
Anyways, just to refresh, I have a 75gal planted and everything has been goin pretty well. My old beard algae prob went away simply by NOT doing a water change EVERY week, but every OTHER week. Also, I turned the light time down from 9 hours to 7. And so far? Plants and fish are doing great and the BEARD algae is gone.
Now, I have a question about the tiny algae spores that surround the glass. Now it's not a terrible problem - I can still see through my tank fine, however, I don't want to it become a big prob. I tried wiping down with an algae sponge that I bought from the LFS, but the spores are stuck on their real well. It's extremely hard to scrub them off. Is there any remedy that anyone recommends? Any chemical(preferrably not) treatment? Snails, maybe? I just dont want to come home one day and not be able to look into the tank cause the algae is out of control.
Thanks for any advice!
Bondstreet