Effects of long term lighting

[C.j]

Hello out there! I'm new!

I just went on a holiday for about 8 days, leaving my fishtank in the hands of my brother, thinking that things should be ok. I was wrong he left the tank light on the whole time i was away. This left me with some very murky water and an algea infested tank

The murkyness turned out to be floating algea which i fixed easily by leaving the lights off for a day to kill it, i was just wondering if there are any other nasty surprises i should be looking out for that could have arisen taht might be less obvious, especially on the fish. I also had to take out 2 plants which had died, not really sure if it was related or not.

C.j

 

[WILDER]

I would do a gravel vac and water change, as I bet he over fed them.

 

[yvez9]

as suggested, do a large water change (30-40%)

Lighting will kill plants if left on forever
it will stress the fish out so you might wanna take a close look at your fish to make sure there is no ich about to invade the tank!

 

[C.j]

Thx alot guys

Ill do the water change today, as for the ich looks clear atm but ill keep an eye on them for a while.