ok i put a 55 gallon out side. temp in the tank is around low 70s . 1 small blue cichlid. no gravel or anything else. 2 filters It gets lots of sunlight so i expected some algae but now i'm confused.
for a while it was clear. then all of a sudden it starts getting brown algae that rapidly covered all the glass. even the bottom. i don't think i over feed cause i don't feed him every day. so...
I clean off the Brown Algae that came off real easy. i just wiped it. did about a 90% water change to go with it. filled it back up.
put the fish back the next day. also installed a water heater for the poor guy.
now less than a month later there is green algae growing. it's the type that you have to really scrape at with a razor when it gets bad.
what can i do. I don't have cash for a UV filter now. is there any chemicals? Ideas?
for a while it was clear. then all of a sudden it starts getting brown algae that rapidly covered all the glass. even the bottom. i don't think i over feed cause i don't feed him every day. so...
I clean off the Brown Algae that came off real easy. i just wiped it. did about a 90% water change to go with it. filled it back up.
put the fish back the next day. also installed a water heater for the poor guy.
now less than a month later there is green algae growing. it's the type that you have to really scrape at with a razor when it gets bad.
what can i do. I don't have cash for a UV filter now. is there any chemicals? Ideas?
its all empty except for one small rock for the fish to hang with.
