I have been battling brown algae. I have to scrub the tank often. it was covered in it as I was unable to clean it for a week. so I scrubbed the whole tank down with an algae brush (even scratched my glass a bit which im quite pissed about) pulled out all the wood since it was coated with the brown algae and wiped it down. im pretty sure now that is what caused this. but the algae is unsightly and I would love to get rid of it.
TANK ALL CLEAN!
- Thread starter TheBroc
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Probably yeah. Must have shocked the system. When you scrubbed the driftwoods, it must have killed some of the good bacteria or something. Yep, bacterial bloom is annoying. Just wait it out tho, it will be gone soon
As for the brown algae..well, you cant really put in siamese algae eaters in there, your stock will probably just eat them. I use these amazing guys in my gulper tank. Great algae busters. One good option is to get a flagtail. Hehe will get the job done
algae eating fish is the only way to fix the problem?? my other tanks don't have this issue....
Im sure there are meds that help control agae. But i guess the best option is good ol elbow grease hehe. I usually just wipe that stuff off glass and other stuff. Of course algae eating fish and shrimps help a lot. Havent tried the meds tho. But ive seen some stores that sell filter medias that help control algae too.
so my tank is still green and cloudy .... very hard to see through it. have I waited long enough? its very unsightly..... I cut down the light to 0-1 hour a day. cut down the feedings - every day and half or so. all the fish seem to be normal (the ones I can see atleast LOL) haven't lost any of them.... I was going to go to the LFS and get live plants to see if that helps but my tank has no substrate. please help. I just want my clear water back.
that's bacterial bloom, tank not cycled or not enough filtration. water test prob show high ammonia. water change every other day, fin level, and dose with prime for size of tank not water replacing untill tank cycles up and ammonia and nitrite comes up 0. and have nitrates.
