cappieBridget
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- Apr 13, 2006
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I have had gw from the start, no wonder since my tank is next to a window :x It is a 55 gal and I have no where else to put it. I have been reading up and found they say to use uv filters. Would a filter with bio wheel remove the algae bloom? I think a uv filter is to complicated and expensive for me right now. It's a tropical semi-aggressive aquarium. I tried a 5 day blackout with garbage bags, 20% pwc daily until clear(never cleared) and algae remover once but I didn't want to harm my fish, I was more or less testing it and of course it made my tank beautiful for about 24 hours and then back to green. It is rally frustrating as this has been for months now. I started to put real plants in to absorb soem of the nutrients from the algae but I just get to many hours of direct sunlight.
my temp is about 80 degrees
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-5-10
I do 20% pwc twice a week with gravel vac', last week every day to get the water clear but it didn't work
I was thinking of just doing a 50% pwc, 5 day blackout again, another 50% pwc, and then keeping the tank covered with garbage bags all day until evening and then just using the light from say 5-10 pm and covering it again. I only feed my fish 1 time daily a small mix of flake, granuals and baby shrimp. Should I stop feeding flake to keep phosphates down?
My gravel is almost not dirty at all. I can't think of anything else.
Thanks!
my temp is about 80 degrees
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-5-10
I do 20% pwc twice a week with gravel vac', last week every day to get the water clear but it didn't work
I was thinking of just doing a 50% pwc, 5 day blackout again, another 50% pwc, and then keeping the tank covered with garbage bags all day until evening and then just using the light from say 5-10 pm and covering it again. I only feed my fish 1 time daily a small mix of flake, granuals and baby shrimp. Should I stop feeding flake to keep phosphates down?
My gravel is almost not dirty at all. I can't think of anything else.
Thanks!