firteen888
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Hi all,
I have a horrible green hair algea problem in my freshwater tank. I've had my fully cycled tank for about 5 months now and about 1 and a half months ago, the tank started growing green hair algea. It got to the point where the tank was pretty much covered in the stuff. About 2 weeks ago I spent hours taking the majority of it out (by hand) to the point where you couldn't even notice it anymore. There was still some in but it would be impossible to get every last bit by hand. over the past 2 weeks it all started growing back and is now and the point where alot of the tank is covered again. Any idea what I could do to get rid of this stuff for good?
29 Gallon freshwater tank
-6 glofish/6 neons/ 5 cory's/ 3 oto's/ 1 dwarf gourami/ lots of snails
Fully cycled: 0 ammonia 0 nitrites < 10ppm nitrates
I do weekly 40% PWC's
I have a T5 lighting system. I turn it on at 7am (before work) and turn it off at 8pm everyday
I don't overfeed as far as I know. A few flakes a day, plus about 3 shrimp pellets for the catfish
I have no idea what to do and it's making my tank look horrible. Any advice would be great!
Thanks!
I have a horrible green hair algea problem in my freshwater tank. I've had my fully cycled tank for about 5 months now and about 1 and a half months ago, the tank started growing green hair algea. It got to the point where the tank was pretty much covered in the stuff. About 2 weeks ago I spent hours taking the majority of it out (by hand) to the point where you couldn't even notice it anymore. There was still some in but it would be impossible to get every last bit by hand. over the past 2 weeks it all started growing back and is now and the point where alot of the tank is covered again. Any idea what I could do to get rid of this stuff for good?
29 Gallon freshwater tank
-6 glofish/6 neons/ 5 cory's/ 3 oto's/ 1 dwarf gourami/ lots of snails
Fully cycled: 0 ammonia 0 nitrites < 10ppm nitrates
I do weekly 40% PWC's
I have a T5 lighting system. I turn it on at 7am (before work) and turn it off at 8pm everyday
I don't overfeed as far as I know. A few flakes a day, plus about 3 shrimp pellets for the catfish
I have no idea what to do and it's making my tank look horrible. Any advice would be great!
Thanks!