Battling Algae - Need help identifying
Some tips that worked for me:
1.- Avoid exposure to sunlight (even bounce-off light)
2.- Decrease input of nutrients. That includes fertilizer and fish
food.
3.- Increase the volume and frequency of water changes.
4.- Reduce amount of fish (if possible)
5.- More plants.
6.- Strenghten your plants with CO2 injection
7.- Make sure you are providen sufficient light for the plants to take
advantage of CO2 injection, but don't overpower or run the lights on
for too long.
6.- Did you cycled your tanks before adding fish? I didn't. It took me
more than two years to control algae.
7.- I did have some beard algae, but when I added cichlids (I'm sure
its misspelled, in spanish is cíclidos, my lousy english is not
helping me here), they were gone in a couple of days (I feed
sparingly).
Hope it helps...
Marino
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