help w/ planted tank & algae

carefull with the nutrients first try to get it just fine for ur "plantation", excess of nutrients more algae!
Dont give more light then 8-9 hours/day!
Control the ammount of food u give ur fish! Overfeed is the same that saying more garbadge to ur tank!

I have a 25G tank and also planted and also with some algae that are disapearing cause i started doing more partial water changings...also with the rest of the considerations above...

If ur plants have just got to the place just give it some time to get settled, it need routs to get the nutrients...


So... just get ur tank balanced in as many ways as possible... dont forget that its a microenviroment...

and now just forgive my bad english :P

Cu

Alex
 
get the fastes grow plant you can get your hands on and get lots of it use your lights if doing 8 hours do 4 hours on 2 off 4 on. and co2 needs to be more a constant then a high does fade away high dose.
 
Thank you! I will look into and get more plants - medium light probably. I just ordered two types of mosses so they'll be here next week. I will also cut the light down to 4 hours a day. Although, how will that affect the plants if they're getting less light? that'll be okay I guess.

Thank you all for your help!!!
 
I think he meant 4 hours on, 2 off, then another 4 on. That's what I'm trying to do now too. Haven't turned mine on yet this morning because I want to wait till I'm ready to sit there for a bit and enjoy it. :)
 
Seems to me you might be mixing up two approaches. You can get rid of algae by cutting light (blackout), or you can have more plants and CO2 to compete with the algae. Consistent CO2 dosing whether by excel or other means is important. Lowering the lights to a lower level will actually swing the competitive advantage in favor of the algae which are more efficient using less light then plants.
 
got ya! I did mix up the two. I will add more plants first then see what happens.

Thanks for clarifying.
 
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