I Have Fish Tanks. For Many Years. And Never Ran Into This Problem. I am At My Witts End HELP!
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If you're doing everything the same as you always have, the one thing you can't control is the amount of phosphous in the water you're adding at water changes. Fish food can also be high in phosphorous. If you're good with plants, they will absorb some of the phosphorous in the water. If you know of plants your fish will eat, that could eliminate a source of phosphorous. You're still going to have to clean everything pretty well, the algae spreads by spores, so all of your filter, filter media, etc has been contaminated.
get a new tank
get some of those algea eater fish, those big sucker fish. they help
either get some algae tablets, or get a plecostomus(aka algae eater)
You have too much light. Either natural sunlight or from your hood. You also might need to take it down to clean it and clean it with salt, straight table salt and scrub all the surfaces and remove all traces of the algae. Then rinse it very very well and set it back up. I had this problem and moved it out of the sunlight coming in my home while I was at work and didn't know it was getting that much light.
DO NOT get an algae eating fish. Most species of algae eating fish are specific about the type of algae they eat and if you don't know what kind of algae you have then don't bother. Introducing more fish into your tank to supposedly eat algae will only add to the problem. Fish produce nitrogen and algae consume it.
DO NOT use algae destroying chemicals. As these chemicals kill the algae they'll also foul up the water as the algae begins to rot.
Your best method of ridding the tank of algae is to test the level of ammonia, nitrates and phosphates within your water. You can buy testing kits or have your water tested in most pet/aquarium stores; petsmart will do it for free. Algae actively consumes nitrogen and phosphate within your tank and if these elements are decreased the algae will cease to exist. Also see where your tank is positioned at. If it is by a window or is receiving too much light then algae will thrive too.
Using aquatic plants, which generally out compete algae in resources, would be a good method of diminishing it. Plants like water cress do this excellently. If you aren鈥檛 the plant type then changing the water will get rid of build ups of nitrogen, ammonia and phosphates.
Be careful not to over feed your fish. This will speed up the algae process. Also, the type of lighting you use. Have you moved your aquarium to another location? Possibly in direct sunlight? This will make algae thrive. Also, your filtering system should be cleaned regularly, you may also try a larger filtering system. Another way to take care of algae growth-
Buy you an algae eater.
Jungle has a product that will help with the algae. I cant remember the exact name, but it came in tablet form. I used it and got some good results. I got it at Wal-Mart. The maker is Jungle Labs Inc. Good Luck
Try putting AlBgone in the tank. you can usually find this in a pet store. Or move the fish tank so that it does not get direct sunlight. If that doesn't work buy a couple of plecos or algae eaters.
Get a common Plecos (Algae Eater). They'll do fine and grow to about 18" max, but in a 60g tank - they'll take care of things for you.
you obviously have a light problem
move tank away from window or cover the back of the tank
leave tank light off during the day and turn it off when you go to bed
that should solve the problem
BUY A NEW LIGHT BULB
As your bulb ages, it produces more red spectrum light (which algae loves) and less blue spectrum ight (which plants love). If you had a marine tank, you would have to replace your bulbs every six months, but they last a lot longer in a freshwater tank. Bulbs of at least 10,000K are best.
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