BrettMad
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My bowfront tank, just been established, has algae. I can see it starting to grow on some of the plant leaves, the driftwood, a little on the glass surfaces and some in the nooks and crannies of the various equipment such as the theater and fan mounts.
I have only had fish in there for about three weeks, and the last two weeks have been dealing with ich. The tetra died, the rest of the fish no longer show any signs, so I think that I have gotten past that problem. However, I was told I should not add fish for at least 3 to 4 weeks after the last of the spots or fish loss,
There are no algae eaters in the tank, just various species of rainbowfish and some gold barbs. Up until now there would have been very little for an algae eater to eat. I am going to add something and I have a quarantine tank that I am cycling so that I can put the eventual algae eaters as well as some bottom feeders in their and not cause yet another problem in my main tank, but all of this means that I am not in a position to add anything to the tank to control the algae.
It was suggested that I should be working on controlling the algae rather than relying entirely on algae eaters, but I do not really know how to do that. This is a planted tank, lights are on an average 14 hours a day as was suggested by the person who help set up the tank for the plants that are there.
I use RO/DI water initially in the tank and for water changes at the moment. I was told the tapwater here tends to exacerbate algae growth, but I am not using any of that yet.
What can I do to try to control the algae until I get something in there that will work on eating it and keeping it clean?
I have only had fish in there for about three weeks, and the last two weeks have been dealing with ich. The tetra died, the rest of the fish no longer show any signs, so I think that I have gotten past that problem. However, I was told I should not add fish for at least 3 to 4 weeks after the last of the spots or fish loss,
There are no algae eaters in the tank, just various species of rainbowfish and some gold barbs. Up until now there would have been very little for an algae eater to eat. I am going to add something and I have a quarantine tank that I am cycling so that I can put the eventual algae eaters as well as some bottom feeders in their and not cause yet another problem in my main tank, but all of this means that I am not in a position to add anything to the tank to control the algae.
It was suggested that I should be working on controlling the algae rather than relying entirely on algae eaters, but I do not really know how to do that. This is a planted tank, lights are on an average 14 hours a day as was suggested by the person who help set up the tank for the plants that are there.
I use RO/DI water initially in the tank and for water changes at the moment. I was told the tapwater here tends to exacerbate algae growth, but I am not using any of that yet.
What can I do to try to control the algae until I get something in there that will work on eating it and keeping it clean?