Algae ??

[crazysteve]

Algae is some Algae bad or sign of poor water condition

I have green, brown, and a green so dark it looks black. I do water changes every week about 50% give and take 20 % this is going on in my 125

Thought I should ad this I have 5, 4FT LIGHTS ON IT

 

[guppy]

Algae is not a sign of poor water quality, just to much light and nutrients.

 

[Mike D]

cut back on the lights and you should see a differance

 

[crazysteve]

wELL THAT WOULD = TO HIGH NITRATE

 

[Liam]

wELL THAT WOULD = TO HIGH NITRATE

No it wouldn't, your doing 50 % water changes weekly, and to have that many plants for the need of 5 lights they would absorb the nitrates anyway, and if you don't have plants 5 lights is just a waste of money and power.

 

[Mystix212]

Having algae or not is a personal preferance. In some tanks it is needed, yet in others it can be quite a nuisance. Such circumstances are in Loricarrid set-ups, as in ancistrus species, algae is quite a good thing to be growing to allow for a constant supply of grazing material.

 

[crazysteve]

No it wouldn't, your doing 50 % water changes weekly, and to have that many plants for the need of 5 lights they would absorb the nitrates anyway, and if you don't have plants 5 lights is just a waste of money and power.[/quote i HAVE LOTS OF LIGHTS ON THE TANK SO ALGE WILL HELP THE NITRATS FROM GETTING HIGH

 

[Merbeast]

I think you would need a LOT of algae to impact the nitrate levels in your aquarium. I believe that algae does not remove nitrates nearly as well as plants.

 

[Jkoziatek]

mer beast is right with the algae removing nitrates

 

[Mystix212]

i HAVE LOTS OF LIGHTS ON THE TANK SO ALGE WILL HELP THE NITRATS FROM GETTING HIGH

Its called a water change.