Algae Problem

[milindsaraswala]

I have 8 Gallon Tank with 6 Neon Tetra in it. My water parameter are normal. I am using Flourish as my Fertilizer.10 hours a day 24 watt light. Day before yesterday what I see in my tank is green hair algae on my plant. As it was very less I remove it and there is no green algae now. I stop light for whole day.And today morning suddenly I see some brown spot on my all plants I think it is brown algae. Now I wanted to know that how to remove it.

I was thinking to some Red Cherry Shrimp in my tank to get reed of Algae but I could not find it in market. But still I will search in the market I get but can you people suggest me some small fish which work as algae eater which can be compatible for my Neon Tetra and my 8 Gallon tank.

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

Hi

have a look in planted tank algae resource It's pretty comprehensive.

Beter to cure the cause rather than look to remedy the effects of the cause. Cure the algae then get the shrimps anyway cos they're great little critters

Good luck

 

[RadaR]

24W of light on for 10hours a day over an 8gallon and your not dosing NPK or CO2? No wonder you've got algae.
You have algae because your plants are missing something and therefore not growing properly. Hence you should fine the reason rather than finding something to eat the algae.
Hair algae is linked to low CO2. Brown diatoms is linked to low nutrient levels.
Dose 1.5ml of Easycarbo daily and 1.5ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition+ daily and lower the light duration to 8hours a day. Make sure that the filter is supplying good water circulation all around the tank. Perform two water changes a week. You should start to see improvement.