Bingy_bong
Member
help, im constantly battling the Algae war, and its always beating me
Recently i started to suffer from algae on the gravel and the glass. Every time i cleaned the tank i hooverd it up but it keeps coming back with a vengance .
I read one of themuleous's post on another forum and it was suggested to do the 3 day blackout.
I took out all the plants, hoovered the gravel, at the same time removing 60% of the water, cleaned the filter than taped some heavy duty gardening bin bags all around the tank, turned the lights off then left it for 4 days.
4 days later, i peeled back the bin bags, cleaned the gravel again, removing another 60% of the water and cleaning the filter. i then replanted the whole tank with new plants from aquarium gardening using 40 root tabs along the way.
Two weeks on and the damn stuff is back again with a vengance.
Im really sick of the stuff and despite all my best efforts i cannot rid my tank of this rediculous stuff.
Is there any other ways of getting rid of it, any treatments i could use and where to get hold of them?
Cheers guys
Tank info 300l
pressurized co2 30ppm using diffuser in tank (4kdh in drop checker )
lighting 4 x 55w 8 hours a day
ferts tropica plant nuitrition+ 2ml a day
Recently i started to suffer from algae on the gravel and the glass. Every time i cleaned the tank i hooverd it up but it keeps coming back with a vengance .
I read one of themuleous's post on another forum and it was suggested to do the 3 day blackout.
I took out all the plants, hoovered the gravel, at the same time removing 60% of the water, cleaned the filter than taped some heavy duty gardening bin bags all around the tank, turned the lights off then left it for 4 days.
4 days later, i peeled back the bin bags, cleaned the gravel again, removing another 60% of the water and cleaning the filter. i then replanted the whole tank with new plants from aquarium gardening using 40 root tabs along the way.
Two weeks on and the damn stuff is back again with a vengance.
Im really sick of the stuff and despite all my best efforts i cannot rid my tank of this rediculous stuff.
Is there any other ways of getting rid of it, any treatments i could use and where to get hold of them?
Cheers guys
Tank info 300l
pressurized co2 30ppm using diffuser in tank (4kdh in drop checker )
lighting 4 x 55w 8 hours a day
ferts tropica plant nuitrition+ 2ml a day