Algae, No Live Plants

[fishwatcher]

What would you do to prevent/treat algae in a 10-gal tank with plastic plants? I was thinking maybe add a couple of otos, but not sure. It has 5 WCMM and 2 adfs. It's a cloned tank, fully cycled (still keeping an eye on it though). I have plastic plants in there simply bc I can not do live plants in any more tanks. The 3 I have now are killing me! LOL
Anyway, what do you think? Thanks!

 

[Pufferpro]

What would you do to prevent/treat algae in a 10-gal tank with plastic plants? I was thinking maybe add a couple of otos, but not sure. It has 5 WCMM and 2 adfs. It's a cloned tank, fully cycled (still keeping an eye on it though). I have plastic plants in there simply bc I can not do live plants in any more tanks. The 3 I have now are killing me! LOL
Anyway, what do you think? Thanks!

Just get an algicidal liquid from the lfs, they work great unless you have inverts (in which case they will die).
Otherwise you could try the oto's but you'll still be scraping a lot.

 

[fishwatcher]

yeah, kinda figured that... I have otos in 4 of my other tanks, and though they help, I still have a bit of work to do. Thanks anyways!

 

[Callum]

will i have much algae trouble in a 50gal with fake plants and a BN afraid of algae?

 

[Chri$]

will i have much algae trouble in a 50gal with fake plants and a BN afraid of algae?

Almost certainly - unless you keep it well away from direct sunlight and never have the lights on

 

[Callum]

it is away from sunlight but i want the lights on for about 4hours a day if i get some ottos will it all go ?

 

[fishwatcher]

A few otos will certainly help, though you may have to do a little scrubbing yourself. (I do in all of mine!)

 

[MHunt]

will i have much algae trouble in a 50gal with fake plants and a BN afraid of algae?

Almost certainly - unless you keep it well away from direct sunlight and never have the lights on

Keep what away from direct sunlight, just the BN or the whole tank?

My guppies completely cleaned my bogwood of algae when i first started my tank, never had any more problems since!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

amano shrimp can be another good choice for algae control. Since I put some in my community tank I've never had to clean any algae off anything. That has the lights on 7/8 hrs a day, but the lighting isn't very good.

 

[Callum]

which is better amanos or otos though? also would i put these fish in before algae or after algae?

 

[Chri$]

which is better amanos or otos though? also would i put these fish in before algae or after algae?

Don't know which is best, but i would put them in after you see some algae.

 

[Callum]

also any ideas why my BN is afraid of algae? he wil swim up to it then run off and go chew on a leaf and i have a lot of algae and variaty of it also can someone post a link on amanos in here i no almost nothing about them

also would a UV steralizer stop algae ive seen a lot of expensive ones but this caught my eye

http/www.lifeforceonline.co.uk/ultra_vio...product269.html

also is this a dangerous level of radiation i dont want any radiation leaking into my tank or the living room

 

[Callum]

bump anyone?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

there's info on amano's in the fish index under inverts, have a look see