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	green spot algae - this is war!
hembo666 Big Fish Posts: 350 Kudos: 288 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Apr-2005	i know i can manually remove it but is there another way to combat green spot algae? tank is a 70g moderately planted with plain gravel substrate, approx 2.5wpg lighting 11 hours a day. no CO2. water conditions: ph 7.0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10-15ppm temp 26c tank pic before algae but should give an idea of the ammount of planting. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/wendy1979/fish020.jpg i now have a liberal covering of spot algae on the back glass and quite a bit on the front. more pics/info could be provided if it will help you advise me. thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I would suggest co2. The only time spot algae has become a problem for me is in a tank with over 2wpg, plenty of plants, and no co2. My 5g with 4wpg started having spot algae until I used flourish excel and whenever the co2 got low or quit on my 55g the whole front glass would be coated in hard green spots. When I got the co2 back to completely working the algae would steadily dissapear. Right now my 90g has no co2 and again I have spot algae so I've been using flourish excel until I can get the co2 setup.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
upikabu Fish Addict Posts: 591 Kudos: 393 Votes: 44 Registered: 08-Jun-2005	The common advice I've seen given here to combat green spot algae is to make sure you have enough phosphate to get a nitrate : phosphate ratio of 10:1. Recommended phosphate level is 0.5-1.0 ppm. I've noticed a substantial reducation of green spot algae in my tank glass ever since I added a weekly dose of phosphate into my tank (1.7wpg). Funnily enough, I've never seen green spot algae in my other tanks with lower lighting, with or without CO2 (Excel) and added phosphate. Last edited by upikabu at 01-Nov-2005 17:33 -P
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
hembo666 Big Fish Posts: 350 Kudos: 288 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Apr-2005	ok,finally got and dosing flourish excell. is this a complete fert of do i need to be dosin something else as well for trace elements?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Partial fert as it supplements carbon only. See http://seachem.com/products/planted.html for a full list of Seachem plant products. I was a bit surprised at your water temps if you still have discus in the tank. Although 26C is within the range for the fish, mine are much more active and vital at 29C. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
hembo666 Big Fish Posts: 350 Kudos: 288 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Apr-2005	bob, i thought the same and knocked it up slightly, cant go too high because of the corys, its now around 27.5c i plan on getting the rest of the flourish range i need for a full regular fert program in the next few days. thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	I have corydoras aeneus in the tank. Although I enjoy them the tank temp is set for the comfort of the most expensive fish, discus. The temp is 29C with the aeneus spawning, go figure! __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
hembo666 Big Fish Posts: 350 Kudos: 288 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Apr-2005	quich update, thanks to flourish the spot algae is almost gone.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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