sweetbriar15
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello, it's me again, with some more questions. I have a 26 gal. fish only aquarium, and have 1 damsel and 1 clown fish. I've had my aquarium about 7 or 8 weeks, and it is done cycling and the levels of ammonia and nitrite are at 0. I've attatched a picture of my new clownfish, who's been living in the aquarium for about 1 or 2 weeks now.
Here are my questions:
1) We will be going on vacation on monday for 2 weeks. We have a person from around the neighborhood that will be feeding and doing general matinence to the tank. Any suggestions for things that I need to tell them? I am going to do a water change and clean the tank completely tomorrow (the day before we leave). How many times a day would you recommend the person come over? I was thinking to make it easier, to have the person not turn the light on at all. THe room has windows, and it is pretty sunny. Would this be okay?
2) The algae in the tank is now green, and is spreading rapidly. I was told that I had my light on too long, so I've been reducing the amount of light in the tank to 6-8 hours a day. Since the room is sunny, I've been thinking I should put a dark towel over the tank when the lights go off to reduce the amount of light that gets into the aquaruim. Would this be okay? From what times do you all have your aquarium lights on?
Thanks,
Laurel
Here are my questions:
1) We will be going on vacation on monday for 2 weeks. We have a person from around the neighborhood that will be feeding and doing general matinence to the tank. Any suggestions for things that I need to tell them? I am going to do a water change and clean the tank completely tomorrow (the day before we leave). How many times a day would you recommend the person come over? I was thinking to make it easier, to have the person not turn the light on at all. THe room has windows, and it is pretty sunny. Would this be okay?
2) The algae in the tank is now green, and is spreading rapidly. I was told that I had my light on too long, so I've been reducing the amount of light in the tank to 6-8 hours a day. Since the room is sunny, I've been thinking I should put a dark towel over the tank when the lights go off to reduce the amount of light that gets into the aquaruim. Would this be okay? From what times do you all have your aquarium lights on?
Thanks,
Laurel