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Vaguely accurate assumption: Algae needs certain conditions to get established - light / nutrients / flow / etc. (Obviously physical removal, spot treatments etc are beneficial, but those notwithstanding ...) Once algae has been become established, and those conditions are then significantly...

Today an LFS recomended a UV filter for treating algae. I've not come across this suggestion before. I know it's not likely to be the whole solution, but is it legit?

Is this BGA in the Akadama of what had, till recently, been a near dormant tank? Having done a big rescape a couple of weeks ago, replaced nearly all the plants, and started slowly introducing new livestock (algae crew first) it'll be a massive PITA if I have to strip the tank again. I've...

Any tips for removing algae from plants? I'm doing a big tank re-vamp an most of what I'm dealing with is like gren/brown fur. It's also quite .... err ... mature ... so much of it might even be dead?

220L tank has been cycled for about a month. Diatoms came and went. I'm doing water changes once a week, dosing NPK once a week, and trying to get into the habit of liquid carbon daily. There are 8 Tetras, 6 Ottos and 6 Amano, which shouldn't be anywhere near an excessive bio load for a tank...

Any tips on removing algae from tank sealant? The tank has been dry for a couple of weeks, I've tried H2O2, Milton, and Scotchbrite. Nothing is shifting it and I don't want to risk damaging the sealant.

Is there a way to quickly and reliably kill off algae from a large quantity of Crypt Wenditi if the health of the rest of the tank isn't of concern? (I'll be stripping the tank and offering the plants cheap / swap / free if there is, or throwing them away if there isn't.)

What's the best way to clean BBA from large pieces of hardscaping?

My GDA has been left to do it's thing for a few weeks, but doesn't seem to be diminishing. I've go some new plants coming in the next couple of days which hopefully will soak up some nutrients. But any other tips on how to accelerate it's demise? A blackout perhapse?

Obviously I've failed to assimilate some vital piece if information, but here goes... Algae is, at least in part, due to plants not consuming all the nutrients in the water. Plants only consume nutrients when they're photosynthesising. Plants only photosynthesise when there is light. So why...

I've had a reasonable amount of Diatoms in my new setup. I've not been particularly concerned as it's a new tank. But over he weekend there's been a bit of an explosion and it's now covering a lot more glass and more and more of the wood (as well as much of my Hair Grass. Light is 2x36W in...

My new tank appears to have deveolped diatoms. Ok, nothing surprising there. And I've read up on how to deal with it. But any suggestions on how to remove it from eleocharis parvula / dwarf hair grass that a) hasn't grown in propperly yet and b) is in a tank that isn't mature enough to have...