Excess green algea
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What kind of lighting is on the tank?
How long per day are you running it?
How old is the tank?
Is the tank near any sources of natural sunlight?
What is in the tank (fish and plants)?
How often and what are you feeding the fish?
Are you adding any fertilizers currently?
Are you injecting CO2?
What are your nitrates testing at?
What is your maintenance schedule?
How long per day are you running it?
How old is the tank?
Is the tank near any sources of natural sunlight?
What is in the tank (fish and plants)?
How often and what are you feeding the fish?
Are you adding any fertilizers currently?
Are you injecting CO2?
What are your nitrates testing at?
What is your maintenance schedule?
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paulbrear
Aquarium Advice Regular
Fiah
1 bristle nose plec
2 green tetra
4 hengeli rasbora
2 rummy nose tetra
5 lamp eye
9+ cherry shrimp
2 dwarf gourami
Plants
cryptocoryne beckettii petchii
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Alternanthera cardinalis
Anubias heterophylla
Ludwigia glandulosa
Microsorum pteropus/Java fern
tank
Aqua start 340 pro with
Aqua one af-32 power head
Bulb required
Pl11w/8000kwhite
Filter cleaned two weekly
Water less than I should but due to shrimp
Flake and occasionally blood worm (frozen)
Not sure of water params ATM !!
1 bristle nose plec
2 green tetra
4 hengeli rasbora
2 rummy nose tetra
5 lamp eye
9+ cherry shrimp
2 dwarf gourami
Plants
cryptocoryne beckettii petchii
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Alternanthera cardinalis
Anubias heterophylla
Ludwigia glandulosa
Microsorum pteropus/Java fern
tank
Aqua start 340 pro with
Aqua one af-32 power head
Bulb required
Pl11w/8000kwhite
Filter cleaned two weekly
Water less than I should but due to shrimp
Flake and occasionally blood worm (frozen)
Not sure of water params ATM !!
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paulbrear
Aquarium Advice Regular
It can be in the light depending on the sun !! Setup since dec 27 2010 no co or nutrition !! Think I covered it all!!
You need to get a test kit. Controlling nitrate could be the issue.
Sounds like you are cleaning the filter pretty frequently. That can actually have the opposite of effect of whats intended.
How long per day are you lighting the tank?
Can you move the tank away from natural sunlight? The bulb doesnt sound very powerful at all, but natural sunlight, especially if you have excess N due to lack of water changes, could easily cause a Green Spot Algae bloom.
Sounds like you are cleaning the filter pretty frequently. That can actually have the opposite of effect of whats intended.
How long per day are you lighting the tank?
Can you move the tank away from natural sunlight? The bulb doesnt sound very powerful at all, but natural sunlight, especially if you have excess N due to lack of water changes, could easily cause a Green Spot Algae bloom.
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paulbrear
Aquarium Advice Regular
Bulb was changed a month or two back now !! I do have a test kit so will check !! Its not that easy moving it as finding some where new may be a problem !!
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paulbrear
Aquarium Advice Regular
Lite is on a timer 1 pm till 11 pm
Natural sunlight tends to cause a lot of algae. Anything you can do to reduce that would be of benefit to the tank. I would also reduce your lighting till eight hours a day or less. That might help out. Let us know how your nitrates test.
