Greetings From Cape Town

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.

 

Welcome home Dean

 

Welcome to TASA

 

welcome

 

Welcome to TASA

 

Hello and welcome Dean

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

zafgak?? you there?

 

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..

 

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....

 

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: