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Hey George,

Here is a link for for ebay filter floss http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-P...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item4ade98a5f8
and a link to pan scrubers which have been suggested in other posts http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=281948163

I checked out your pics, the filter inlet pipe (the crud stopper) and the power head look as though they could do with being cleaned with a tooth brush... every little bit of cleaning helps with the health of your tank.

I'm going to suggest that it might be worth you doing a 3 day blackout with your tank, no light or co2 and a big rubbish bag over the the tank. This in theory should kill off the algae. http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/algae-problems-new-tank.37030/#post-399427

I'm still going to recommend using liquid carbon as a algaecide.

Jim
 
have you cleaned your filter recently george? probably full of old decomposing leaves if not
 
Hey George,

Here is a link for for ebay filter floss http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-P...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item4ade98a5f8
and a link to pan scrubers which have been suggested in other posts http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=281948163

I checked out your pics, the filter inlet pipe (the crud stopper) and the power head look as though they could do with being cleaned with a tooth brush... every little bit of cleaning helps with the health of your tank.

I'm going to suggest that it might be worth you doing a 3 day blackout with your tank, no light or co2 and a big rubbish bag over the the tank. This in theory should kill off the algae. http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/algae-problems-new-tank.37030/#post-399427

I'm still going to recommend using liquid carbon as a algaecide.

Jim
3 day blackout fixed my first ever planted aquarium when i was in this exact same position


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+1 for pan scrubbers. High surface area and high flow. Better than flow imo. Learnt this from Ceg.

Try this: give the filter a good clean. Leave your light off for a few days. Do a water change every day (full barrel out/full barrel in). And don't EI dose or add fertiliser.

Once the algae is mostly gone: half normal light period. If you cand afford a load of plant that you want for a while buy pond weed with the lead band around the end. Chuck it in and it can be a replacement for your plant mass till you can afford tge plants you want. 5 or so bunches should help out compete the algae
 
so you don't think I should buy a uv sterilizer yet ?

You can clear it up without a UV lamp. And as it not going to happen again (because you'll be a crystal clear tank champ) there's no need to buy one ;)
 
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