help!!!!!!!algae bloom

[troutking]

i have a 20 gallon and i was gone for a week and a now its covered in algae. what should i do to get rid of it

 

[benzjamin13]

Cover the tank with a blanket for about a week and do water changes. Don't give any light to the tank. Is your tank by a window?

 

[troutking]

Cover the tank with a blanket for about a week and do water changes. Don't give any light to the tank. Is your tank by a window?

yea

 

[benzjamin13]

If your tank is consistently getting sun light, algae will always be a problem unless you have a UV sterilizer or a crazy filter that turns over 50x the amount of the gallons in the tank.

 

[troutking]

If your tank is consistently getting sun light, algae will always be a problem unless you have a UV sterilizer or a crazy filter that turns over 50x the amount of the gallons in the tank.

i have another tank right next to it and it doesnt have any algae problems.

 

[benzjamin13]

What do you have in your tanks? Is it also planted?

 

[troutking]

What do you have in your tanks? Is it also planted?

its not planted

 

[haynchinook334]

it's not getting as much sun as the other one. as what Benzjamin13 said "cover the tank that has the alge bloom with a blanket". or you can clean your tank with a alge scrubber, and do a water change.

 

[gthiele]

Add plants
stop feeding
No light

algae should be gone soon, and add something to your filter that rid aquariums of algae

 

[rmorse]

You need to starve the algae: No nutrients or light.