busterbrit
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I have a 60L Biorb that has done really well. I have not lost a single fish (except when I introduce Otto's) and my plants are doing really well. The problem is I have to clean the walls every 2 weeks due to Algea which is taking a little of the fun away. I have a beautiful setup but it gets algea so fast which makes it look dirty. Any ideas to get rid of the algea?
Tank is in the kitchen. No direct light but it is a bright room. I don't even have the 10w bulb turn on till 6pm-9:30pm.
Algea Description: starts out with brown/green patches that cover the whole wall surface. Then these really bright green circle spots start to appear. The bright green ones are much hard to clean off.
Fish:
1 Dwarf Guarami
2 Dwarf Platies
3 Guppies
5 cherry shimp which have turned into about 20 (2-3 large ones left and the rest are really small)
1 Otto (I introduced 3 to see if they would help with the Algea but 2 died)
Plants:
3 Anubius
2 bogwoods with Java moss attached (the fish and shimp love to hang out in this stuff)
All the levels are great. I change 30% every other week. I was doing once a week but that didn't help so I tried every other week and that didn't help either.
Tank is in the kitchen. No direct light but it is a bright room. I don't even have the 10w bulb turn on till 6pm-9:30pm.
Algea Description: starts out with brown/green patches that cover the whole wall surface. Then these really bright green circle spots start to appear. The bright green ones are much hard to clean off.
Fish:
1 Dwarf Guarami
2 Dwarf Platies
3 Guppies
5 cherry shimp which have turned into about 20 (2-3 large ones left and the rest are really small)
1 Otto (I introduced 3 to see if they would help with the Algea but 2 died)
Plants:
3 Anubius
2 bogwoods with Java moss attached (the fish and shimp love to hang out in this stuff)
All the levels are great. I change 30% every other week. I was doing once a week but that didn't help so I tried every other week and that didn't help either.