§tudz wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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Another thing to bear in mind is even if you do set the tank up again
after the bleaching there is nothing to stop the algae from returning as
it is present in all water.....

I would think the better way of going would be to add more plants to
compete with the algae and maybe invest in some algae eaters....

Gill


I recently bought a CO2 system for my planted tank, the algae growth has all
but stopped, but it hasn't disapeared yet, and my plants are going mad,
growing SO fast

§tudz


I've not used a CO2 system on my tanks as yet...one sits in a
Conservatory with constant light....but now has no algae
problem...defeated by over planting (and plant food weekly) and a
combination of clean up guys (Flying Foxes, a Plec and some
otos)....occassionally I need to manually pull some hair algae but we
are talking once a month at max....the whole thing is reaching a
balance...I have some very pretty algae that is trimmed by the fish and
so not a problem...bit like a lawn on the driftwood....I've never cut
the light to the tank...

I think the whole answer is reaching a balance between plant growth and
fish and accepting that a little algae is OK....of course massive growth
is not acceptable but IME it was defeated by the planting and the clean
up crew, a little bit of manual labour and patience....chemical
solutions are just temporary...we have one tank that used to be full of
green "candyfloss" the over planting has defeated it along with the
weekly pulling it out...hasn't taken long (less than a month) and IMO
far better than any chemical intervention

JME

Gill