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[anarekist]

yeah, prolly just a scratch.

 

[gtpsuper24]

This algae may very well be just that brown algae. I'm not sure. I have fight with this alga with for nearly three years. If you have a magic trick on how to get rid of it. I would really appreciate information. Replace the bulbs T8 once a year. The following exchange is still four months.

Go with a 6700k bulb and not the basic bulbs like from a hardware store. I had luck with a normal output T5 6700k bulb with clean glass lids. Good water quality which you have and good lighting will kill off that algae and your plants will grow like crazy.

 

[Reezihii]

Go with a 6700k bulb and not the basic bulbs like from a hardware store. I had luck with a normal output T5 6700k bulb with clean glass lids. Good water quality which you have and good lighting will kill off that algae and your plants will grow like crazy.

Thanks. I have to try those 6700K bulbs. The current bulbs have an aquarium shop recommendation. They are two Sylvania Aquastar 10000K and one Sylvania Grolux ?K.

 

[gtpsuper24]

How deep is your tank? The T8 bulbs might not be intense enough toward the bottom of the tank. I had the same problems, running T8s I would always have algae no matter how clean the water was. Replace the fixture with a T5 fixture and 6700 bulb and algae died off within a week and plants started growing right out of the top of the tank. Also added liquid CO2 from Seachem Flourish.

 

[Reezihii]

Tank is 60cm deep. This information came at a good time. I am about to buy a new bigger tank. I can now buy a T5 lamp into a new tank, which also will be 60cm deep. Usually I am running pressurized CO2. Now it has been out of use for about a month, since the bottle emptied. I have not noticed any difference in the amount of algae. I'm going to put into a new aquarium still pressurized CO2 on again.