Hi everyone,
I've been having some algae issues in my tank but recently it's been getting quite out of hand...
So a long time ago, I had my 20 long planted and had issues with blue-green algae. Probably my fault, since I wasn't regular with the fertilizers or light timing. Anyways, I took everything out and actually let everything dry for 3 months or more. I set it up again about 3 months ago as a grow-out tank for my bettas. I put in some mosses, water sprite, and elodea and shortly after the blue-green algae came back! My biggest problem now isn't even the blue-green algae (which is still around but not in high amounts), it's this fuzzy brown thing that grows over everything! My water sprite is trying to grow but every new leaf it makes gets covered by this thing. I had to take out the java moss because it was killing that too. For a while, I had high ammonia levels because I didn't realize my tap water was coming out with a lot of ammonia in it already. I fixed that problem and thought the brown fuzz would disappear but it seems like it came back stronger. I change the water 50% at least every week (usually every 4-5 days) and, no matter how much I remove, it comes back. The brown stuff also sticks to the wall, but I don't know if that is yet another algae. What should I do? Sorry for the long post :help:
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