Algae Problems

[hockeyplayr6@yahoo.com]

i have a 20g tank with a male swordtail and 6 espei rasboras and the water is constantly cloudy. when i do water changes the water is green which from recent articles on here and online my best guess is from algae there is some green threadlike algea in the tank but not much. i had a fungus a month ago and the medication killed the bacteria causing a large spike in amonia i finally got that down but now i have this problem and i would like for my tank to look presentable again, is there any quick way to get rid off the algae (store products?) that wont kill the bacteria and cause the same problem, any suggestions would be much appriciated. thank you

 

[electric yellow]

I feel your pain on this one...

I had an algea problem for ages. Green algea blooms are not fun. Add cloudy water to it and it double sucks. I tried the store product Algeafix. But it is not good for a tank with fish in it. I wouldnt recommend any chem treatment. How serious is the algea prob? I pulled everything out and scrubbed like there was no tomorrow. Kept the lights off and only let natural light in. Algea feeds off light so the less you have the lights on the better. If this fails, do what i did. Strip back your tank and start from scratch. I cleaned everything other than the filter with warm clean water.

Sometimes you just have to persevere and it clears itself up eventually.

I also found cleaning the algea off the lights plastic covering and scraping the sides of the tank helped.

What are you water stats? Ph, nitrite, nitrate, stocking etc?

 

[Hawkins]

your username is your email address lol??

you dont know whos out there!!