Green Algi On Glass

[griffin1]

hi all new to fish keeping,had my tank for three or four weeks all great lost 3 fish dont know why ,but work on the rigs and have to go away for 2 weeks when i got home the glass on tank has green stuff on it is this normal ,do i have to clean with something .obviously unable to change water as away.

 

[erk628]

hi all new to fish keeping,had my tank for three or four weeks all great lost 3 fish dont know why ,but work on the rigs and have to go away for 2 weeks when i got home the glass on tank has green stuff on it is this normal ,do i have to clean with something .obviously unable to change water as away.

What is on your glass is algae. It's common. I have five tanks set up right now and three get algae and the other two doesn't. Not sure why that is only reasons I can think of is my 55 is brackish and my 75 is over filtered only reason I can come up with. There are several ways to get it off the glass the way I have found best for me is magnets which you can found at most any petstore. Here is what they look like.

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[smegforbrains]

When your tank is fully cycled, you could invest in a BN Plec. They grow to about 4" long and love to munch algae all day long. My tanks are spotless since adding BNs.

 

[paul_219]

I have the same problem in my tank. Every week i clean them by the magnetic sponge it is fin. I guess it is normal in tanks.

 

[aaronnorth]

over filtration usually means more flow and better circulation so algae doesnt attach to surfaces as well, it also means that any rotting matter (like plants, fish food) are taken into the filter.


Take a look in my sig at the algae guide for an ID.

 

[james morrisontoxic2]

very interesting

 

[StrontiumDog]

over filtration usually means more flow and better circulation so algae doesnt attach to surfaces as well, it also means that any rotting matter (like plants, fish food) are taken into the filter.


Take a look in my sig at the algae guide for an ID.

I don't think that is totaly true. I think the amount of time the lighting is on holds the key.

I have 3 tanks and the one tank that is crystal clear is the tank with a faulty filter that isn't working a 100%, but with this tank the lights only go on after I get home from work about 3pm and get turned off about 9/10pm. The off cut plants from my main tank (water sprite & wisteria(SP))get eaten by my apple snails in this tank too, but not in my main tank that is full of algea.

Try cutting down on the time the lights are on, and better flow as aaronnorth has advised

 

[aaronnorth]

I was mainly reffering to erk628's comment, it isnt totally true because there are other factors like imbalance of nutrients, low/ fluctuating CO2 but this is probably not the case if you dont have a planted tank.

Having a short photperiod means the algae wont have that much time to get going and start reproducing as much if the lights were left on for 14hours a day.

 

[erk628]

I was mainly reffering to erk628's comment, it isnt totally true because there are other factors like imbalance of nutrients, low/ fluctuating CO2 but this is probably not the case if you dont have a planted tank.

Having a short photperiod means the algae wont have that much time to get going and start reproducing as much if the lights were left on for 14hours a day.

I have 5 tanks set up right now and I turn all the lights on at the same time and turn them off at the same time. So I'm thinking it has to do with over filtration. I do however believe lighting could play a role in it just not in my case.