Oh no help!! What should I do??!!

[Railway City Tanks]

I took on this tank from a dying relative.

Algae blooms every week.

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Help me out

 

[Railway City Tanks]

Any suggestions welcome

 

[tlindsey]

Do larger water changes and reduce time light is on also don't over feed.

 

[kno4te]

Do larger water changes and reduce time light is on also don't over feed.

+1 It should improve slowly.

 

[J. H.]

Plants with mbuna? That's gonna be a really nice tank once you have it in order.

 

[Railway City Tanks]

Water changes have been completed. But some more changes to come.

Will post updates

Gotta split these guys up

 

[duanes]

As said above, algae comes from light and nutrients in the water.
The only way to get rid of nutrients are by diluting them with partial water changes.
This means, a regular regime of partial water changes (on going).
Some people do one 50% water change per week, some more, some less.
I usually figure 30-40% every other day to keep my nutrient level (nitrates) between 2 to 5 ppm. With that regime, I seldom had excess algae, except where suns rays would hit the glass.
My lights were on timers (with tanks that had plants, about 8 hours per day).

 

[Audaxcity]

Do a big water change, then blackout the tank for the next 4 days by turning the lights off and covering the glass. Don't disturb or even feed the fish during this time. Most plants will survive the blackout, although they might look a bit scrawny after.

Your algae doesn't look that bad though. The stuff on the glass you can scrape off with a credit card or razor. I'm surprised the mbuna haven't eaten all of it along with the plants.

Plants with mbuna? That's gonna be a really nice tank once you have it in order.