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? asked in PetsFish · 1 month ago

Algae problem in freshwater fish tank?

Ok so I’m at the end of my tether, I have a fresh water tank and I have a crazy amount of green algae build some of it is so hard to get rid of that it’s stained the glass, I’ve tried shrimp and I’ve tried loaches, I’ve tried different types of filters and areas in the house and I still have crazy build up, we have it near the most natural lighting part of the house which is in our front room and we do have a tank light that’s on from 6am till 7pm. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, I’m using the right declorinating stuff and I don’t over feed them at all I feed them a tiny pinch once a day and I make sure nothing is left over, all my shrimps died (they didn’t even make a difference) but I still have my Borneo loaches which aren’t making a difference either, I have the tetra 54litre with a sponge filter air with 13 fish (2borneo loaches, 6 White Cloud Mountain minnows, 3 leopard danios and 2 zebra danios) please help because I’m sick of seeing the sight of it

Update:

At first I had it in a dark area but algae was growing like mad still so was told move it to natural lighting the sun still doesn’t even touch it, it’s not right next to a window it’s atleast 5ft away from the window, I’ve cut down lighting time and added shrimp, no change, I’ve had snails before they were useless, I’ve tried algae elimination products and still doesn’t work, no matter what I do it doesn’t work :/ 

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  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

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  • Raven
    Lv 5
    4 weeks ago

    I feel your frustration. My tank had staghorn algae and I've tried everything, the stuff just keeps growing no matter what.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    there are algae elimination products that you can buy.

  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    Common mistakes by new aquarium owners are: Setting up the tank by a Window, setting up a tank near baseboard heating. By a window encourages two things-sun light will encourage algae, and heat from the sun will damage the seals on the tank(think it heating up and cooling down each day). Baseboard heat does the same thing, and the tank may POP and flood the room eventually. 

    Try limiting the amount of light the tank gets each day-it will get algae to some extent, probably less with a natural bulb. 

    And check your chemicals in the tank. 

  • 1 month ago

    You said that the tank is near the most natural lighting in the house.  Thats your problem, natural light grows natural plants, algae is a natural healthy plant that is good for your tank. 

    If you want to get rid of the algae, get the tank away from sunlight, keep the lights in the take off for longer.  Consider different lights.  I used Aqua glow light bulbs for 10 years because they make  coloring of the fish look amazing.  I also had very little algae if any.  It not enough light for most live plants , not surprings.  

    Other things= Live plants use up the nutriants that algae needs to grow.  Loaches dont eat algae.  Snails do.  Nerite snails are great, but mine never managed to remove all the algae way back when i had algae, they would mow crop circles in it.  

    I use a plastic gift card thing to scrape algae oss the walls now that I swithched lighting from aqua glo bulbs back to hopefully plant growing light strip..

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    You need to cut down on light. 8-12 hours is recommended. I would reduce to 8 and go from there. You may want to turn down the intensity of the light since it gets light from the sun. Adding plants and snails can help too. 

  • 1 month ago

    Two suggestions: Avoid natural lighting as much as possible unless you need it for aquatic plants. 

    At least in theory, green light would be the best. Chlorophyll absorbs mostly red and blue light. Also, add snails. They area lot slower than a razor blade scraper but they work long hours without pay.

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