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Utar said:

I too have an on going algae problem, the algae I see in your tank looks very similar to what is growing in my new 29 gallon setup. One of the things that doesn't get talked about much on forums, at least not what I have seen, is UV lights to help with algae and even fish diseases. While in my case the verdict is still out on UV lights, I am using one and it does seem to be helping in bringing under control black beard algae in my 55 gallon tank. The canister filter that I am using has a build in UV light which is one of its sales points. My previous 20 gallon long tank became over run with black beard algae and I fought this stuff until I gave up and let it grow. In the end I threw everything out, plants and all because it was just to infected with black beard algae. So out of desperation this time in my new 55g setup, I went with a canister filter with a built in UV light that I run for two hours each day. But still I have to cut BBA out of my tank by trimming the infected plants. Even so BBA doesn't seem to be having as much of an easy time growing in my new tank as it had in my previous tank.

There are several critters that help with algae as mentioned by LostBear, plecos are a really good choice for controlling algae, but the smallest that I know off in plecos still get up to five inches, making these a poor choice for smaller tanks, anything less the forty gallons in size.

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