Algae is building up on my tank walls in new 5 gallon

[Slaphppy7]

Find another fishkeeper, or donate to your LFS.

No tetras belong in a 5.5G tank, long term. And all tetras need to be in groups of 6, more preferably.

 

[Tacocat]

Ok, I'll do that.

Find another fishkeeper, or donate to your LFS.

No tetras belong in a 5.5G tank, long term. And all tetras need to be in groups of 6, more preferably.

 

[PorshaF]

Maybe your lfs will trade you the current stock for a nerite snail and a pretty betta, if that's something you'd be interested in

 

[hansgruber7]

Yes, donate to your local fish store. Get a nerite and a betta. That's what I have in that same exact tank and it works great. It doesn't look like you really have an algae problem at all from the pictures by the way.

 

[Essjay]

Quick update:
There are photos of the 'ruby tetras' in this thread

Is it possible to upgrade my built in filter to handle more waste for my Fluval Spec 5 gallon?

I have a fluvial spec 5, and I obviously didn't do my research because 2 weeks in I already have 10 life forms in it, and an algae bloom. I'm afraid I overstocked my tank and my parents won't let me return any fish due to the fact that we bought them. For this reason, I'm seeing if I can upgrade...

www.fishforums.net

and they look like Boraras maculatus

 

[Sgooosh]

Wow, a newword going down in forum history
Try to clean the ilter a bit or add more placed for bacteria to live ike rocks. Diatoms or brown algae can be remved by a small cloth or just an algae snaaprrf .
My spelling kight be bad im on a phone :0
Get a scraper for such ansmall tank, and use it to scrape the qlgse off and turk filter off whne you are dign it. Or it will spreqd and poor old ramshorn will not br able to eat so much algae (yes rams do help)
Try balanxing the tank, with more plants or things to sap up the energy so it is jot used for algers

 

[Sgooosh]

Wow, a newword going down in forum history
Try to clean the ilter a bit or add more placed for bacteria to live ike rocks. Diatoms or brown algae can be remved by a small cloth or just an algae snaaprrf .
My spelling kight be bad im on a phone :0
Get a scraper for such ansmall tank, and use it to scrape the qlgse off and turk filter off whne you are dign it. Or it will spreqd and poor old ramshorn will not br able to eat so much algae (yes rams do help)
Try balanxing the tank, with more plants or things to sap up the energy so it is jot used for algers

wow that is some BUTCHERED spellubg right there