stupid algae..

[giar]

just started to tanning my aro 5days ago and this appears..now it seems i gotta keep scrubing the tile floor everyday.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; Algae is common in tanks. If you are not planning to grow live plants, the simplest way to limit algae may be to keep the light off most of the time. There are other ways reported.

By the way. What do you mean by "tanning" an aro?

 

[giar]

tanning is a common technique to push up arowana color by putting lights that contains uv a and uv b for a long hour. some people do 3/6/8/12/24 hrs interval.. and ive been doin 24hours for 5 days non stop top tanning..

top tanning as the name it self is by placinh the light on top of the tank.
there is side tanning where people put the lihht on the side of the tank

 

[Fat Homer]

^ running that light 24hrs a day / 5 days a week will definitely cause algae... but at least doesnt look too crazy, just clean it out with weekly water changes...

 

[krichardson]

I don't see very much algae in the photo.

 

[skjl47]

doin 24hours for 5 days non stop top tanning

Hello; Thanks for the answer. That much light will grow algae.

 

[giar]

i scrub the algae attached on the tiles and it pops up again within several hours.

on the other hand my aro color is pumped up a lil bit i noticed.

oh man i hate chosing.

 

[giar]

im using a white color of substrate so i can see the algae so clearly

 

[markstrimaran]

Maybe a pleco, or bait fish minnows. Will eat it.
Their is some algae gone, products for sale, not sure on the dangers on fish.
I encourage algae to grow in my tanks. It is one of those things, if you can't beat it, join it.

 

[esoxlucius]

I hope you put some little protective goggles on your aro to protect his eyes from harmful UV!!