Hey everyone
A friend of mine recently came over and saw my tanks, his reaction was, "Why can't mine look like that?" Of course if he had seen some of your guys' tanks, he would have been speechless.
Anyhow, to the point - he wants my help in re-designing his 10 gallon tank with him, to make it more natural. So out will come the multicolored rainbow gravel, the floating scuba diving man, the treasure chests and the 'No fishing' sign.
The problem is that he's got about a years build up of green algae on three of the glass walls (he kept the front wall clean so he could alteast see his fish ) lol. His fishing being guppies, 7 of them (5 female, 2 male, and no fry, continuously eaten I assume).
What can I do to get the green algae off the inside of the tank walls, preferably without removing all the water and fish? (But if that's what must be done, I suppose we could manage it using one of my tanks.) And any ideas how to keep the green algae from building back up again? I'm not sure if otos like green algae, but they didn't help, he had 3 of them in there. The tanks on incandescant lighting, not overfed, away from direct sunlight and weekly maintenance/water changes. Would a CAE or SAE or maybe a bristlenose pleco help in this tank?
Lol, sorry for the lenghty post, but any help on how to get rid of the algae that's there now and prevent it in the future would be great
A friend of mine recently came over and saw my tanks, his reaction was, "Why can't mine look like that?" Of course if he had seen some of your guys' tanks, he would have been speechless.
Anyhow, to the point - he wants my help in re-designing his 10 gallon tank with him, to make it more natural. So out will come the multicolored rainbow gravel, the floating scuba diving man, the treasure chests and the 'No fishing' sign.
The problem is that he's got about a years build up of green algae on three of the glass walls (he kept the front wall clean so he could alteast see his fish ) lol. His fishing being guppies, 7 of them (5 female, 2 male, and no fry, continuously eaten I assume).
What can I do to get the green algae off the inside of the tank walls, preferably without removing all the water and fish? (But if that's what must be done, I suppose we could manage it using one of my tanks.) And any ideas how to keep the green algae from building back up again? I'm not sure if otos like green algae, but they didn't help, he had 3 of them in there. The tanks on incandescant lighting, not overfed, away from direct sunlight and weekly maintenance/water changes. Would a CAE or SAE or maybe a bristlenose pleco help in this tank?
Lol, sorry for the lenghty post, but any help on how to get rid of the algae that's there now and prevent it in the future would be great