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05-03-2004, 11:30 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well....
Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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06-03-2004, 05:32 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
Greg Dalton
Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment.... Nutrients, Yes. CO2, Yes. temp control?, manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Yes. Go to google and read some old posts. This subject has been redundantly covered. Nick Wise http://members.aol.com/nwwise01 |
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06-03-2004, 05:32 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
Greg Dalton
Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment.... Nutrients, Yes. CO2, Yes. temp control?, manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Yes. Go to google and read some old posts. This subject has been redundantly covered. Nick Wise http://members.aol.com/nwwise01 |
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06-03-2004, 05:36 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
I'm by no means an expert here but here's what I've done in the past with
this one. I bought some otos, left the lights off for a 2 days just illuminating with room light, reduced feeding amounts so they will turn to the algae as food. Over the next few days gradually increase the amount of light time until you're back to normal again. This should greatly reduce your algae to a controllable amount. Let me know how it turns out, Phil.. "Greg Dalton" wrote in message news:ed52c.183777$jk2.668002@attbi_s53... Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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06-03-2004, 05:36 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
I'm by no means an expert here but here's what I've done in the past with
this one. I bought some otos, left the lights off for a 2 days just illuminating with room light, reduced feeding amounts so they will turn to the algae as food. Over the next few days gradually increase the amount of light time until you're back to normal again. This should greatly reduce your algae to a controllable amount. Let me know how it turns out, Phil.. "Greg Dalton" wrote in message news:ed52c.183777$jk2.668002@attbi_s53... Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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06-03-2004, 05:59 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
I'm by no means an expert here but here's what I've done in the past with
this one. I bought some otos, left the lights off for a 2 days just illuminating with room light, reduced feeding amounts so they will turn to the algae as food. Over the next few days gradually increase the amount of light time until you're back to normal again. This should greatly reduce your algae to a controllable amount. Let me know how it turns out, Phil.. "Greg Dalton" wrote in message news:ed52c.183777$jk2.668002@attbi_s53... Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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06-03-2004, 06:00 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
Greg Dalton
Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment.... Nutrients, Yes. CO2, Yes. temp control?, manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Yes. Go to google and read some old posts. This subject has been redundantly covered. Nick Wise http://members.aol.com/nwwise01 |
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06-03-2004, 06:08 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
I'm by no means an expert here but here's what I've done in the past with
this one. I bought some otos, left the lights off for a 2 days just illuminating with room light, reduced feeding amounts so they will turn to the algae as food. Over the next few days gradually increase the amount of light time until you're back to normal again. This should greatly reduce your algae to a controllable amount. Let me know how it turns out, Phil.. "Greg Dalton" wrote in message news:ed52c.183777$jk2.668002@attbi_s53... Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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06-03-2004, 06:09 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
Greg Dalton
Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment.... Nutrients, Yes. CO2, Yes. temp control?, manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Yes. Go to google and read some old posts. This subject has been redundantly covered. Nick Wise http://members.aol.com/nwwise01 |
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06-03-2004, 06:10 PM
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RECLAIMING A TANK FROM ALGAE
I'm by no means an expert here but here's what I've done in the past with
this one. I bought some otos, left the lights off for a 2 days just illuminating with room light, reduced feeding amounts so they will turn to the algae as food. Over the next few days gradually increase the amount of light time until you're back to normal again. This should greatly reduce your algae to a controllable amount. Let me know how it turns out, Phil.. "Greg Dalton" wrote in message news:ed52c.183777$jk2.668002@attbi_s53... Started out with a moderately planted tank ...all was well.... Started getting some algae and thought it looked cool on the rocks .... Then water sprites formed and then (admittedly) I let it go uncontrolled...The result if a virtual blanket of deep green algae covering everything... I want to clear or limit this algae....My fish have loved the pond like space but the algae is covering and killing plants... What steps should be taken to reclaim the environment....Nutrients,CO2, temp control?,manual removal(seems like the first step here), .... Thanks, Greg p.s.And I do mean a DEEP Covering of algae.... |
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