beantownbrad
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2014
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What can I do to stop the green algae (?) from growing on the side of the glass?? I didn't have it too bad for the first year or so of having the tank. But lately it's been growing fast. I scrape it weekly with the magnetic scrubber, and sometimes with a razor blade. I even siphon the water as I scrape to get the majority of it picked up.
It's a fairly heavily planted tank dosed with iron, excel, trace, potassium (2x per advise for holes in leaves), and flourish. T5 lighting 48w 650nm and 6000k over 20 Gal. 7 hours light / day in a room with some indirect sun.
Checked my parameters today. 6.8ph. 0 Ammonia. 0 Nitrite. 30ppm Nitrate.
7 - 10 days 25-35% water change
It's a losing battle! Any ideas??
Nitrite snails don't help. Nor does the Siamese algae eater.
I also have black algae on my Anubias Nana. Id love to lose that too. But priority 1 is the green fuzz on my glass.
It's a fairly heavily planted tank dosed with iron, excel, trace, potassium (2x per advise for holes in leaves), and flourish. T5 lighting 48w 650nm and 6000k over 20 Gal. 7 hours light / day in a room with some indirect sun.
Checked my parameters today. 6.8ph. 0 Ammonia. 0 Nitrite. 30ppm Nitrate.
7 - 10 days 25-35% water change
It's a losing battle! Any ideas??
Nitrite snails don't help. Nor does the Siamese algae eater.
I also have black algae on my Anubias Nana. Id love to lose that too. But priority 1 is the green fuzz on my glass.