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stuquarium  Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004   | hey, recent;ly i added a live plant to a 10G tank thats the home of 3 platies. now, i noticed 2 days ago that i was getting a little algae, the water was going green. so i took out the plant and did a 50% water change, but today it;s thicker than ever.. i can hardly see the heater at the back now. can i fix this without meds? if so how ? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19 |       |
gartenzwerfe  Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004   | If anything, live plants use nutrients in the water, leaving less for alagae to live off of. These may be dumb questions and sorry I have to ask them, but how long do you leave your aquarium lights on? Is the aquarium in a place where it gets direct sunlight? |
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| Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004 | Turn your light off. Don't feed your fish. Clean your filter. Vacuum your substrate. Do daily 50% water changes for three or four days. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright |
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