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    Direct Sunlight Causing Algae?

    Could well be the sunlight, which would be just like running a high light tank but without CO2 adn we all know what that does! If its got regular lighting you could get rid pf the ferts as the plants wont need them, so will just be floating around the tank for the algae to use, which might be...
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    Battling with Hair Algae

    Do you know what type of hair algae it is? There seem to be a few that come under that name. Sam
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    Green Water

    You could probably find a way to reduce that flow :) Sam
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    green floating algae

    I have and have had this in a few of my tanks, one way I managed to get rid of it was a complete strip down, which probably isn't a solution. I also put the outlet of the filter above the waters surface which I think causes the film to be sucked under water and the filter then removed it. This...
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    Help! Brown Algae Returns?

    If it is the diatom type brown algae, in the short term a handful of otos would clear it up no problem :) Sam
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    Green Water

    Haha yeh prob not the best plan then! There might be others, smaller ones. Sam
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    Green Water

    Ive got one of these, which works well for a temporary solution. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/800L-H-UV-STERILI ... 286.c0.m14 Sam
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    New Setup Algae taking hold

    I thought that too! :D
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    New Setup Algae taking hold

    That might be so, but you ran the tank for 7weeks to start with before planting? If so then I'd get some ferts in there, such as EI, as the plants may be missing out. If you use ADA AS again I would suggest planting it from day one. Half the benefit of AS is that for the first few weeks the...
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    white fluff algae

    Yeh it normally goes away of its own accord, shouldn't do any harm :) Sam
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    Black Bushy Algae

    Please dont do what, that is exactly the forum is for! :lol: And so on here, but you will appreciate that we get a lot of the same questions ;) I think this just boils down to a misunderstanding of the written word. Its difficult to get across the same expressions and nuances when writing...
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    Black Bushy Algae

    I suspect it might also be a symptom of the natural light and the high fish load. Lots of light with lots of fish and a small amount of CO2 I dare say would give any tank algae. Is there any way you could reduce one or both of these? Sam
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    Green Hair Algae problem help

    There are loads of 'green hair algae.' Shrimp will often eat it, but in the mean time upping CO2 might help. Sam
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    Green Hair Algae problem help

    Re: GHA problem help GHA? Whats that stand for? Sam
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    fighting blue green algae

    Def not! you dont want it getting too high and affecting the fish :) Sam
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    Thread Algae

    Interesting thread this, whilst I dont have a hair algae problem I do have 18X turnover mostly from my 3000lph powerhead. It seems that high flow rates might actually work against us to a certain extent and that more flow isn't necessarily a good thing? I also have very high CO2 as I removed...
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    Staghorn algea problems.

    To be honest, staghorn is one the few algae that pretty much nothing will touch. SAE's are reported to eat it, but if there is fish food around, IME they will take that over the staghorn every time. Snails are much the same, the best algae eating snail being the nerite IMO. Excel is your best...
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    Staghorn algea problems.

    The NH3 wont be helping the algae situation, the sooner you can get NH3 and NO2 to zero the better. Sam
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    Green film on the surface

    It can he sod to clear. I found having the outlet of the filter above the waters surface to it drags the green film down under water removed it after a week or so. But it is a persistent little git. Sam
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    Algae problems

    How long has the tank been running? What live stock do you have? Sam EDIT - Dont give up yet! :)
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    blackout

    Yeh blackouts only affect BGA, Sam
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    Erythromycin

    Erythromycin works as its a antibiotic and BGA is a bacteria NOT an algae so unfortunately no there aren't things like this for the other algaes, if only! :lol: Sam
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    Erythromycin

    I've used it several times to finish off ecspecailly stubborn bouts of BGA and it works a treat. Its tricky to get hold of thou as its only available by prescription in the UK. It so had no noticeable effect on my filter. Sam
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    algae problem

    Yeh pretty much what Ed said :) Sam
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    Diatoms Problems

    Brill :)
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    Diatoms Problems

    dont forget that otos love diatoms :) Sam
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    What type of algae is this?

    Yhe looks like the early stages of BGA. Sam
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    Green Film on Surface

    Worth a try, but didn't work for me. Sam
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    Green Film on Surface

    I have or have had this in several of my tanks. Apart from getting the skimmer as suggested, the only way I've found of properly getting rid of it is to position the top filter outlet so the water breaks the surface. Just like with the oily film, this seems to force the green film under water...
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    Yet more algae...

    If you're going to replace the filter why not either run two (i.e. the new and old one) or get a more powerful one? The Eheim 2026 would be ideal http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/catalo ... -2028-.asp. IMHO its better to over filter :) Sam
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    Green Water - Whats Best?

    Nice one, glad it worked. The UV will get anything that's left over :) Sam
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    Erythromycin for BGA treatment

    Point taken, cheers Ed.
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    Erythromycin for BGA treatment

    Guess those are a possibility, I'll see. Cheers guys Sam
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    Erythromycin for BGA treatment

    All the normal things! Well mostly black out combined with a good tank clean. It could be flow, but the tanks been run for years now and its only started in the last few month so I doubt its a flow problem. Could I guess just be the age of the tank, if I had time a compete strip down and...
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    Erythromycin for BGA treatment

    I've got a very stubborn case of BGA in my work tank that won't shift so I'm going to get some Erythromycin. Not the planted tank way of doing things, but I know it'll work. I can get 60 250mg tablets from the USA. If anyone else is interested, let me know, I'll never use 60 tables so happy...
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    Green Water - Whats Best?

    Cool ;)
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    Green Water - Whats Best?

    Nicely done! I assume you've turned the co2 off? Sam
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    Green Water - Whats Best?

    Oh dear... the UV will clear it I guarantee it :)
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    Green Water - Whats Best?

    UV works well for me, but unless you can plumb one in-line on the filter you may find you have to run it for a few days every couple of months. I used to get green water regularly in my old 90lt, but it came back after I removed the internal UV filter. I would think increasing filter turn-over...
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    Is a blackout necessary?

    Excel overdose should remove it as a short term fix. Sam
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    green spot algae

    It seems to me that GSA is probably the trickiest algae to deal with. I struggle with it too. Clive suggested to me upping the PO4 dosing (I'm now adding 5ppm 3x per week) and increasing flow. If you don't have loaches, nertie snails are great and controlling it. Sam
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    Scum!!

    If you find an answer to this let me know!! Ive got this on my work tank. Its a complete PITA! Fortunately its only a surface thing and so doesn't affect the plants below but it must block out a lot of light in the process. My only thoughts regarding removal are either to increase greatly...
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    Hair Algae threatens again!

    If you base the CO2 system on a 2kg Fire extinguisher, it should fit into the cabinet. You can def dose PNK separately to the TPN, in fact I do that just so I can have better control over whats going into the tank! The whole siesta thing with lighting is a bit of a strange one to me, I have...
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    stress coat in dechlorinator

    Sounds like you are talking about aloe vera in stress coat? I use and have always used stress coat and I have to algae free planted tanks :) In fact (touch wood!!) all my tanks are algae free as the mo. Sam
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    Thread Algae

    Up load pics to photobucket.com and copy the image links into your posts :) The algae is probably a result of the NH3, which should be zero. You could add a purigen packet to the final stage of the filter to take up the slack until the filter and/or plants are properly matured and able to...
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    Algae an unhealthy leaves

    Do you happen to have a link to anything by Tom so I read up a bit more?
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    Algae an unhealthy leaves

    Looking at my work tank I often notice that any algae I get (thankfully this tank is pretty much algae free, not even GSA thanks to my nerites! Touch wood!!!) is normally only on the older leaves and it got me to thinking. Would there be any foundation to the theory that algae is more able to...
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    Green Water

    CO2 is fine, nice green drop checker :) I cant remember how I worked out the stock solutions, but I used Chucks calculator. Trace mix is as per AE website, although I am double dosing as I had an iron deficiency. No dead fish other than the odd one, but I'm pretty sure this is old age as Ive...
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    Green Water

    A few things re the tank, the lighting is T8 and the tank has been running for over two years. I did recently started EI and the plants have been growing great in the lower light with EI. Fish stocking hasn't changed. The filter is an eheim 2222, cleaned monthly, that's what Ive always done...
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    Green Water

    Cheers for the advice, but its doesn't get any direct sunlight. Sam
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    Green Water

    Hi All, Ive got a very stubborn case on green water in my 20g. Ive run the UV steriliser several times over the last few months and it has cleared but it always comes back. Anyone got any tips? I have reduced the lighting to 9hrs (2x18w freshwaters) would it be an idea to reduce this to...
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    Alge

    How flexible are the strands? It could be staghorn. Excel would shift it. Sam
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    GDA - the best cure?

    Right oh :) dont have it at the mo (touch wood!) but that tip is in the bank ready for when I get it next! Cheers Sam
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    GDA - the best cure?

    So just to be sure, you leave the glass completely uncleaned for as long as it takes for the algae to live and die then the glass just miraculously gets clean again? I tried this in my nano once, left it for ages, but it never seemed to go, guess I didn't leave it long enough? Sam
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