whatsgoodm8
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I have a 6 gallon shrimp tank that's been set up for over a month and houses a few cherry shrimp. It's started to develop really small amounts of algae (looks like brown algae, there's isn't enough algae for me to be able to tell) on the back glass and on one side glass.
-Sand with Seachem Flourish Tabs
-Heavily planted with swords and cabomba, some java moss too
-Medium plant growth, cabomba grows about 2 inches a week
-No Excel or CO2
-Half dose of Tetra PlantaMin weekly (contains potassium, chelated iron and manganese)
-Low to medium LED lights for 12 hours daily, direct sunlight from balcony
So I'll change from 12 hours of light to 10. As for the direct sunlight, I keep telling my parents to draw the curtains but they don't like to listen. Since there's only shrimp, they eat algae off the plants but not off the glass, there's no fish or snails in the tank that can eat algae off the glass. I think I'll not dose the tetra plantamin for a couple weeks. I clean the front glass everytime I do a water change. I know that some people will think that if it's only on the glass that I can just scrub it off but if I do that without addressing the cause of the algae, I'll just get more algae. So I think that's all I can do. Do you guys think that this will help prevent an algae problem? Any tips?
Thanks in advance.
I have a 6 gallon shrimp tank that's been set up for over a month and houses a few cherry shrimp. It's started to develop really small amounts of algae (looks like brown algae, there's isn't enough algae for me to be able to tell) on the back glass and on one side glass.
-Sand with Seachem Flourish Tabs
-Heavily planted with swords and cabomba, some java moss too
-Medium plant growth, cabomba grows about 2 inches a week
-No Excel or CO2
-Half dose of Tetra PlantaMin weekly (contains potassium, chelated iron and manganese)
-Low to medium LED lights for 12 hours daily, direct sunlight from balcony
So I'll change from 12 hours of light to 10. As for the direct sunlight, I keep telling my parents to draw the curtains but they don't like to listen. Since there's only shrimp, they eat algae off the plants but not off the glass, there's no fish or snails in the tank that can eat algae off the glass. I think I'll not dose the tetra plantamin for a couple weeks. I clean the front glass everytime I do a water change. I know that some people will think that if it's only on the glass that I can just scrub it off but if I do that without addressing the cause of the algae, I'll just get more algae. So I think that's all I can do. Do you guys think that this will help prevent an algae problem? Any tips?
Thanks in advance.
