Blue green algae

[revengeishere]

Im having trouble with blue green algae. Its growing in my filter(Aquaclear , i dont use bio wheel as i have a planted tank). The water smells(like algae?). So fgar, it hasnt spread unto the plants inside. I also have brush algae on some of my plants I also have brown algaes and some green ones(I tolerate the green ones as they arent really much, and the brown one is understandable as this is a fairly new tank, and the plants are young and i do know that as my plants grow, there will be less and less algaes ). What seems to be the problem? Over feeding?. I always feed my fish about 3 times each day with no scraps left. I also feed my syno 4-5 pellets each night. I also know that blue greens are cyano's so its not lightting?

My tank: 75 gallon, Nitrate is around 0, and ammonia is 0.
20 zebra danios, 1 red tail, 10 toger barbs and a syno eupterus. Moderately planted.

Thnax.

I changed 20% water ever 2 days or so, and i gravel vac each time.

 

[val]

As far as feeding goes, you really only need to feed fish 2 times a day, and does the syno really need 4-5 pellets? I feed my pleco 2-3. If you want to get rid of the algae, get some black mollies. They feast on the stuff.

Valerie

 

[Feline]

I'm having the same algae problem and am thinking of getting an algae eater that eats brown/brush/green aglae. So black mollie will eat all of these? How much salt do they need to stay happy?