Hi,
It's crazy how sometimes algae issues can be easy to manage. My high tech 60gal 110W light was doing fine until I decided to stop waterchanges as I was bored. Algae appeared, BBA and green threads. I switched to 50% WC /month and 50% lower dosing, things improved but not the quiet zero algae it was
Now, I'm moving home and decided to stop the tank forever (planning on a Tanganyika)
Turned off CO2, stoped ferts completely ---> green algae bloom
I let it alone, no WC, no algae removing, no maintenance: after 2 weeks, alage is quiet gone completely, yet plants (swords, crypts, ferns and some stems) are doing fine, just growing sooo slowly. Light is the same
What I meant to show you: often, we get too much stressed about algae, especially when we start in the hobby. Once you don't care about them, they will go. Strange, but works often. The less you touch your tank, the easier an equilibrium point will be reached. Hard to resist when you see algae blooms, but you often should
It's crazy how sometimes algae issues can be easy to manage. My high tech 60gal 110W light was doing fine until I decided to stop waterchanges as I was bored. Algae appeared, BBA and green threads. I switched to 50% WC /month and 50% lower dosing, things improved but not the quiet zero algae it was
Now, I'm moving home and decided to stop the tank forever (planning on a Tanganyika)
Turned off CO2, stoped ferts completely ---> green algae bloom
I let it alone, no WC, no algae removing, no maintenance: after 2 weeks, alage is quiet gone completely, yet plants (swords, crypts, ferns and some stems) are doing fine, just growing sooo slowly. Light is the same
What I meant to show you: often, we get too much stressed about algae, especially when we start in the hobby. Once you don't care about them, they will go. Strange, but works often. The less you touch your tank, the easier an equilibrium point will be reached. Hard to resist when you see algae blooms, but you often should