emilie5459 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 this is my problem: :-? i constantly keep getting algea especially on my plants i have a 5 months old, 130L tank (AR-620T) with 2 x 18 watts of 7100 k (new bubls) Therefore i have 36 watts for 35gallons, with about 20 plants in the tank. should i try using CO2 (using the DIY method) water tested 06/04/07 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 5 ph: 7.2 i already have an bristlenose should i get some otos as well, because the bristlenose doesn't seem to be doing the job! do you know what might be causing this algea, or do you have a solution? please here are a few photos: http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/emilie5459_photo/DSC05283-1.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130 ... 5282-1.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130 ... C05281.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acara Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I'm not very clued up on lighting,but 1 trick I used to cut down on algae growth was to set my light timer to come on twice a day,with about an hour between the 2 times.Its something to do with breaking the cycle of growth for algae.For example,lights on 10am-2pm,and again from 3pm-8pm. Seemed to work for me. Shrimps are also great for the job,many species,they all seem to do the trick,and are an interesting addition(make sure your fish aren't big enough to scoff them!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilie5459 Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 oh yes i had tried this, but with no result thanks for the helpfull advice though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeepa Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 you can try using flourish excell or diy co2 but from experience i would say you have too many nutrients. so i would try to cut this back. to cut it back you need to look at your fish load(how many and is it over stocked), how much your feeding (is it possibleyour over feeding?) and mantainence (are you gravel vacumming out the stuff) One you sort that then you can have a go at playing with excel/co2 and ferts to get good growth on your plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilie5459 Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 i have 4 neons 4 golden barbs 3 pepperped corys 1 moonlight gouramy 1 bristlenose 2 ? can't remember the name but as somall as neons i can stock up to 78 and i am now up to 51 using the size they are now no i feed them once a day, 1 a week i add a slice of cucumber, and give them peas i have some flourish excel, (though this stuff is expensive) so i thought using yeast... cause it's like a food substance so my parents will buy it for me !!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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