Aquariums: I was gone for three months, need help with fixing my tank. I have until Sunday to get it looking good again.
I was gone for three months to go to college. I’m on thanksgiving break now. I thought I had a good enough plan to prevent this. I was wrong. All fish are alive, water is clear. But there is obviously algae. Need help quick.
Posted by CoxswainHer
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mushroom_man69420 on
Cut the light off for 24 hours or more, then clean the dead algae.
Kimfs63 on
If you don’t have an algae scraper you can use a plastic credit card!
Bukowski515 on
Scrape algae, manually remove hair algae. Water change. Wait a day. Test water. Gravel vac. Do another water change. If nitrates below 40 wait it out and do a water change before you leave. Assuming the light intensity and photo period didn’t change nutrient build up is the likely culprit. if you don’t have a timer for your light, get one. Unless you have high light plants dropping the photo period to 7-8 hours can help. No plants? Leave the light off unless viewing fish. Should get you better if not fixed.
CoxswainHer on
I also wanted to add, I see some tiny bug larvae swimming at the water level of my tank. Should I be concerned?
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Cut the light off for 24 hours or more, then clean the dead algae.
If you don’t have an algae scraper you can use a plastic credit card!
Scrape algae, manually remove hair algae. Water change. Wait a day. Test water. Gravel vac. Do another water change. If nitrates below 40 wait it out and do a water change before you leave. Assuming the light intensity and photo period didn’t change nutrient build up is the likely culprit. if you don’t have a timer for your light, get one. Unless you have high light plants dropping the photo period to 7-8 hours can help. No plants? Leave the light off unless viewing fish. Should get you better if not fixed.
I also wanted to add, I see some tiny bug larvae swimming at the water level of my tank. Should I be concerned?