Greetings From Cape Town

[ddebeyer]

Hi there, My name is Dean and i live in cape town, I have 1 tank 80cm X 45cm X 45cm and have basically 1 Pleco, Ruby barbs, Green Barbs, cherry barbs, Cory's a few Khuli Loaches, clown loaches and bala sharks and these all seem to get along peacefully and compliment each other.

[butcherman]

Welcome to TASA dean

[Zafgak]

Welcome home Dean

[Slojo]

Welcome to TASA

[Reafer]

welcome

[veegal]

Welcome to TASA :D

[Wayne]

Hello and welcome Dean

[Lloyd]

hi everyone,i need some help,i think there is an algea breakout! in my tenk

[Zafgak]

How old is the tank - how much light do you have - how long is the light on for - do you have plants ???

[Lloyd]

its 3year old,but a 2 months ago i starded with real plants,so i added 2 more lights

only one java moss and amazon sword,lights is on for 12 hours a day,220 liter tenk,aqua clear 300 filter and good air,2 yeast bottles,just when i starded withe lights,the algea starded.i do water changes every week 20%,before i did only once a month

[Lloyd]

zafgak?? you there?

[Zafgak]

Only thing that has really changed is the lights - try using 1 light for a week and see if there is any difference - You have found the aquarists dilemma - How to keep all your fish happy and the plants happy at the same time -

If you add more plants, for a 220l quite a lot more actually, the plants use the nutrients the algae needs and tends to starve the algae..

[Zafgak]

One thing I forgot to ask - Is it brown or green algae ????

If it is brown, as your plants mature and the tank matures it will go away - bit of a pain in the bum to clean off though....

[theosmit]

I had a major algae problem when my tank was fairly new - someone advised to keep the lights off for two-three days and that my plants will be OK. So I did and it really worked well.:bigsmile: