newtothis2023
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The other obvious thing you can control is the light. How long are your lights on per day? These should be on a timer so its the same every day. The lighted period does not have to correspond with daytime, although in a bright room it would make sense to shield the tank from direct sunlight if you plan to use the lights at night. I would start by having your lights on for 6 hours per day. If the algae clears you can gradually increase the duration as long as you seen no more algae.
If you are able to reduce the light intensity do so. One of my tanks that came with lights included (and looks similar to yours) I run the lights at only 35% of their max brightness. Gouramis live in heavily vegetated rivers, so do not get a lot of bright light in the wild, and would appreciate a lot more plants, as others have said this will also help with the algae.
Hi thanks for your message..how did you reduce the light intensity on your lights? I have no clue how to do this but would like to give it a go see if that helps aswell?The other obvious thing you can control is the light. How long are your lights on per day? These should be on a timer so its the same every day. The lighted period does not have to correspond with daytime, although in a bright room it would make sense to shield the tank from direct sunlight if you plan to use the lights at night. I would start by having your lights on for 6 hours per day. If the algae clears you can gradually increase the duration as long as you seen no more algae.
If you are able to reduce the light intensity do so. One of my tanks that came with lights included (and looks similar to yours) I run the lights at only 35% of their max brightness. Gouramis live in heavily vegetated rivers, so do not get a lot of bright light in the wild, and would appreciate a lot more plants, as others have said this will also help with the algae.
Thanks