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tetraboi  Small Fry Posts: 6 Kudos: 5 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Apr-2004  | 25 gallon planted tank consisting of: 1 clown loach 1 pitbull pleco 2 albino cory's 3 female betta's 5 flying foxes. I bought the pleco for the algae, then i bought the flying foxes for the alage, then i planted the tank for the algae, then i upgraded to a 68 watt compact fluerescent to make my plants stronger for the algae. The algae's gotten worse its dark green and hard to scrape off the glass. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54 |     |
SheKoi Fish Addict Posts: 667 Kudos: 553 Votes: 4 Registered: 11-Feb-2004   | are you overfeeding the fish? too much waste in the water will cause algae to go nuts. also clowns get wat to bg for a 25g and need to be in a group of at least 6. i would take him back to the shop. reduce your feeding and the amount of time the lights are on for, 8hrs max should be fine even with plants. www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk |
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FRANK       Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002   | Hi, It sounds like you have what is called "Green Spot Algae." Check out this site: [link=http://www.otocinclus.com/articles/algae.html]http://www.otocinclus.com/articles/algae.html" style="COLOR: #FF00FF[/link] This should help. It sounds like you have an imbalance of nutrients in the tank that gave the algae the upper hand. Water changes, keeping your lights on for no more than 10 hours/day, and vacuuming the non planted parts of the substrate should help get rid of the stuff. Frank  -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
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jasonpisani *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | Corydoras & Loaches like to stay in groups of at least 6 from the same spacies. As for the Algae, check the site that Frank gave you & you should be fine in a few weeks time. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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