I have a yellow algae on my stones, and decorations in my fish tank. I changed the filters, but what else can I do? are my fish in danger?
2006-11-08 13:00:56 · 14 answers · asked by Brian D 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Algae will not cause problems in your tank unless you get an algae bloom which is where you get floating algae that turns your water green. Depending on your tank size you can get either a pleco or otto cats to clean the algae off of the deco and the sides of your tank. Make sure your tank is not in direct sunlight and the tank light is only on during the day and for no more than 12 hours. Fish need to sleep too and too much light will cause more algae. Good luck, hope this helps.
2006-11-08 13:05:26 · answer #1 · answered by addisonsmom17 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is your algae eco-friendly? If sure, that is not volatile. Algae desires 2 issues to thrive: gentle and nutrients. gentle, direct or oblique, from a window or from leaving tank lighting fixtures on too lengthy will promote algae. Tank lighting fixtures purely favor to be on 4-6 hours in step with day. nutrients are provided by way of nitrates contained in the tank. ranges of nitrates exceeding 20ppm and severe gentle will produce eco-friendly algae. Your fifty 5 gallon tank is overstocked, by how. The oscars will each and each and every favor about 50 gallons of water in step with human being fish. both gourami favor about 40 gallons each and each and every-minimum and some plecos can attain 20". The filtration isn't the numerous issue with the fifty 5 gallon tank, fairly that is the flair human being length of the fish and territorial desires. an eternal algae answer might want to be to chop back the quantity of light for your tank and upload quite a few stay flora (will expend some nitrate and grant cover for the gourami) sorting out for ammonia, nitrite and nitrates allow you to renowned the way your organic and organic filter out is doing. Ammonia and nitrite must be 0ppm and nitrates must be 20ppm or a lot less. carry out partial water adjustments as necessary to get your parameters in line. And, no, the algae isn't coming from the filter out. If the algae is brown, that is typically produced as a tank completes the nitrogen cycle. With restricted gentle and water adjustments that is going to flow away.
2016-11-28 22:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Algae is not going to hurt your fish. It only bothers us humans. Actually, algae is perfectly normal in an aquatic setting. If it bothers you, or is getting out of control, try getting a couple of whatever algae eating fish appeals to you. Personally I like ottos, bristle nose plecos or butterfly loaches. Also, less light and feeding less will help. Excess fish food in the tank tends to feed the algae.
2006-11-08 14:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by piper 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My friend has a large fish tank and what she uses is a magnetic cleaner. What it does is you put one part of it on the outside of the tank and you hold it, and then you put the other part on the inside of the tank against the magnet that is on the outside of the tank. You then just rub it up and down along the glass and then it just rubs all the algae off of the sides. you can get this from petco or pet-smart. Also there is a sucker fish that eats algae too.
Hope this helps,
KS
2006-11-08 13:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Kelcy S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Get a pleco or an algae eater and a fish like a loach to keep your gravel bed turned. One of the most common mistakes in aquariums is that people don't fill the tank with the "worker fish" normally because they aren't as pretty. a tank with "worker fish" stays healthier and has less algae problems. Plecostomus are the best algae eaters I know of. Hypostomus plecostomus will end your algae problems over time and any catfish or loach that turns the gravel bed will help your filters draft out waste adding to a lessening of the algae problem. when you get the algae under control feed your pleco some lettuce he'll love you for it.
2006-11-08 13:36:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
They make cleaners that you can put in the water that will not hurt the fish that kills the algae and buy the little algae cleaner fish. They keep the tank clean also.
2006-11-08 13:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
get a sucker fish. they eat algae which is great. how often do you clean the tank because even with a filter you still need to clean it every month or two.
2006-11-08 13:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
there is a cleaner to put in the tank for fish who would kill a algae eater. other wise algae eater
2006-11-08 13:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by Franchesca 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
the problem is too much light and over feeding, just a get a plecostomus and reduce the ammount of light and food supplied to the tank.
2006-11-08 13:13:11 · answer #9 · answered by cubanitoloko23 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Algae eaters are wonderful for that problem!
2006-11-08 13:12:31 · answer #10 · answered by silver_rain112 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋