Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:24 pm Re: algae
It depends.. I'm no algae expert so hopefully someone else will chime in, but I've had aquariums for a while and here's my assessment..
Is your algae "blooming" (growing very quickly within a short amount of time), or staying constant? Algae is naturally occuring no mtter what, but problems can be caused by excessive food waste, dirty water, dead plant material and most of all, direct sunlight. If your tank is hit by sunlight, algae issues will be more often, and bigger than if there was no direct sunlight. Bleach can kill algae and bacteria, but don't use too much.
On the main site there may be a page about algae, how to contain it and how much is too much. If not, and if no one has any other thoughts, exercise your google-fu, you aren't the first aquarium keeper to have algae issues. Good luck.
- Spike
Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there. Eighty are just targets. Nine are the real fighters and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Oh, but one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. -Heraclitus of Ephesus
