help with algae/bba...

[jameshilljr]

I'm having problems with algae/BBA issues in my tank. I have a 29g with various plants(java fern/moss,hornwort,anacharis, some sort of lily,some sort of crypt,amazon sword)and a piece of driftwood. I do not use co2, or ferts. The light is on a timer seven hours a day. I do have 2 mts and a bn pleco that do a pretty good job and keeping the brown algae away.
My params are:0 ammonia; 0 nitrites; 10 nitrates; 6.2 pH, and I do a 30% WC every 2 weeks. Is there something I can do to get rid of this problem?(besides co2 and ferts)Thank you.

here's a pic of the tank-

 

[phanmc]

You need more plants and increase the water change to 50% a week.

 

[Sounguru]

Nerite snails will also help clean up the alage that the others miss..... 10 snails cleaned a very badly BBA infected 62 gallon tank in 5 days.... I was PO'd I grew that BBA on purpose for photo backgrounds.