scenicad
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I've been battling algae for a while now, red and green hair algae mostly also some other type of red algae, not sure exactly what it is.
Anyway, with focusing on getting my phosphates down, it's gotten a lot better, however, it still grows rapidly towards the back of my tank. Especially on the back wall, the PHs, pump, heater and all plactic parts and on the backs of my LR and the very top piece, but just the top side closest to the lighting.
Which makes me wonder, then, if the lighting might be a big culprit. The bulbs are only a few months old, and I didn't notice a big change(in algae) when I did replace them. I've got a NO strip light that just sits on the glass canopy (came standard with the aquarium), it has two 18,000K (40W) bulbs and it sits on the back half of the aquarium where most of the really ugly algae growth is. I have it set on the back so that I can keep the front flaps of the canopy open -I also have a low pH struggle.
Could the NO be my problem? Should I be upgrading my lighting? They are on for about 9 hours.
Anyway, with focusing on getting my phosphates down, it's gotten a lot better, however, it still grows rapidly towards the back of my tank. Especially on the back wall, the PHs, pump, heater and all plactic parts and on the backs of my LR and the very top piece, but just the top side closest to the lighting.
Which makes me wonder, then, if the lighting might be a big culprit. The bulbs are only a few months old, and I didn't notice a big change(in algae) when I did replace them. I've got a NO strip light that just sits on the glass canopy (came standard with the aquarium), it has two 18,000K (40W) bulbs and it sits on the back half of the aquarium where most of the really ugly algae growth is. I have it set on the back so that I can keep the front flaps of the canopy open -I also have a low pH struggle.
Could the NO be my problem? Should I be upgrading my lighting? They are on for about 9 hours.