Sky Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 About 3 months ago I set up a new tropical aquarium larger than my old one and using most of the water froom the old one. All has been fine, the plants are growing and the fish are fine. However, I am developing a small amount of fluffy algie on the plants. I am doing regular water changes, I have two quite large Algie eater fish who are constantly busy and am pulling some of the Algie off. How can I stop this growing please. I never had it in my other tank at all. The lights are on from 7 in the morning until 10 at night and the tank is not in sun light. I only feed the fish once a day and don't think that they are getting too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Try reducing the amount of light the tank gets - that is a major factor in algae growth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Or you can get a product called Phosorb (or similar) from your local aquarium shop. It absorbs the phosphates that the algae grow on and so they die off. It does not affect your aquarium plants. One sachet lasts about 3 months, depending on the size of your tank. It is not cheap though (about £16) but it worked perfectly in our tank. We reckon we can manage without it for a few months and then buy another sachet when the algae starts growing again. One note of caution: it is important to take the Phosorb out of the tank at the end of its working life or it deposits all the phosphate back into the water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Or you can get a product called Phosorb (or similar) from your local aquarium shop. It absorbs the phosphates that the algae grow on and so they die off. It does not affect your aquarium plants. One sachet lasts about 3 months, depending on the size of your tank. It is not cheap though (about £16) but it worked perfectly in our tank. We reckon we can manage without it for a few months and then buy another sachet when the algae starts growing again. One note of caution: it is important to take the Phosorb out of the tank at the end of its working life or it deposits all the phosphate back into the water! That sounds interesting, does it affect the fish at all, especially the Algie eating ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It sounds like your lights are on for too long. Also the nitrate level in the water will not help. Unfortunately tap water has quite a high nitrate level. You can buy an algae treatment which will help get rid of the unsightly algae and help promote lant growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 While mooching about wiggly wigglers I found THESE Dunno if they would help but the site had tested them on their fish tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I think next time I'm shopping at W.W. some of those may be "falling" into my shopping cart if they help me cut down on the amount of times I have to clean my tank, and s"Ooops, word censored!"e the walls . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 While mooching about wiggly wigglers I found THESE Dunno if they would help but the site had tested them on their fish tank. We bought some of these a while back for our fish tank. Don't expect it was connected, but a couple of weeks later, all the fish had died Wiggly Wigglers is a fab company though, so it was probably something to do with the fish rather than the product! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
