QTOFFER
Aquarium Advice Addict
I keep getting recurrent blue green algae infestations in my 29 gal. I've tried 4 day blackouts - they work, but the BG menace always comes back. Now it's taken over the 58 gal in the same room. Both tanks used to be lushly planted, but each successive infestation weakened the plants to the point that they're pretty unsalvageable. Both tanks have 1.2 WPG NO fluorescent lighting. There is no CO2 being added.
Fortunately, my 15 and 10 gal plant propogation tanks are unaffected. I'll have planty of Java fern and anarcharis to repopulate with. I plan to buy some anubias too. I noticed that my livingroom gets some direct sunlight for about 1/2 hour in the morning. I'm going to lower the blinds from now on. What's strange is that my bathroom actually gets more natural light than my livingroom, but the tank there is algae free.
Early this week, I pulled out what was left of the plants, vacd the gravel, scraped the glass, and did a 50% water change. I draped two heavy throws over each tank and taped them around the bottom so no light will be able to get in. (This is something that I did not do during the earlier blackouts.)
Since the tanks are now plantless, I plan to blackout for two weeks minimum. I've been feeding the fish at night in the dark by dropping some flake around the filter tubing. After the blackout is over, I'll do another big water change.
If this doesn't work, I'm gonna throw a mixture of bleach, ammonia, battery acid, dioxin, and radioactive waste into the tank!!!!!
I'll update in a week!
Fortunately, my 15 and 10 gal plant propogation tanks are unaffected. I'll have planty of Java fern and anarcharis to repopulate with. I plan to buy some anubias too. I noticed that my livingroom gets some direct sunlight for about 1/2 hour in the morning. I'm going to lower the blinds from now on. What's strange is that my bathroom actually gets more natural light than my livingroom, but the tank there is algae free.
Early this week, I pulled out what was left of the plants, vacd the gravel, scraped the glass, and did a 50% water change. I draped two heavy throws over each tank and taped them around the bottom so no light will be able to get in. (This is something that I did not do during the earlier blackouts.)
Since the tanks are now plantless, I plan to blackout for two weeks minimum. I've been feeding the fish at night in the dark by dropping some flake around the filter tubing. After the blackout is over, I'll do another big water change.
If this doesn't work, I'm gonna throw a mixture of bleach, ammonia, battery acid, dioxin, and radioactive waste into the tank!!!!!
I'll update in a week!