My 50 gallon aquarium is about 2 years old and I am constantly battling algae on a never ending basis. Unfortunately the algae is slowly taking over, spreading to more items in the tank and I can't seem to eliminate it. I can scrub the glass clean with no issues however I am unable to scrub off the algae on the rocks or plants. This stuff clings like crazy. Also I am noticing a film of oil kinda like a soup appearing at the top of the water each day. I am able to skim it completely clean with a cup but it comes back within one day. This is sorta frustrating cause my lily pipes are providing water movement. Please let me know if you have any ideas for what could be going wrong, tips, or improvements for my setup. Thank you!
Age: 2 years
Cycled: 2 months at setup
Size: 50 Gallon Tank
50% water changes weekly.
Filtration: (2) filters,
- Oase Biomaster Thermal 350 and added 250ML Seachem Matrix
- Eheim Classic 350 - 2215.
Tap Water: 7.4PH
Water Temperature: 76.5F
Lighting: Twinstar LED with timer and light schedule
- 9 hours a day (2 hours at 70% intensity) other hours at 50% intensity with a ramp
CO2: about 1 drop released per second
Substrate: Amazonia normal type
About 5 root tabs
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 10ppm
Phosphates: 0 - .25 range
KH: 14 drops or 214.8ppm
GH: 18 drops or 322.2ppm
Liquid fertilizer schedule:
-Monday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Tuesday: Seachem Iron (1) cap, Seachem Trace (2) + (1/2) caps
-Wednesday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Thursday: Seachem Iron (1) cap, Seachem Trace (2) + (1/2) caps
-Friday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Saturday: Flourish (1/2) cap
-Sunday: no ferts
Fish:
- 7 red nose rummy
- 9 neon tetras
- 1 butterfly pleco
- 4 ottos
- 5 cherry shimp
- 1 SAE (Just jumped out this week and died)
Age: 2 years
Cycled: 2 months at setup
Size: 50 Gallon Tank
50% water changes weekly.
Filtration: (2) filters,
- Oase Biomaster Thermal 350 and added 250ML Seachem Matrix
- Eheim Classic 350 - 2215.
Tap Water: 7.4PH
Water Temperature: 76.5F
Lighting: Twinstar LED with timer and light schedule
- 9 hours a day (2 hours at 70% intensity) other hours at 50% intensity with a ramp
CO2: about 1 drop released per second
Substrate: Amazonia normal type
About 5 root tabs
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 10ppm
Phosphates: 0 - .25 range
KH: 14 drops or 214.8ppm
GH: 18 drops or 322.2ppm
Liquid fertilizer schedule:
-Monday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Tuesday: Seachem Iron (1) cap, Seachem Trace (2) + (1/2) caps
-Wednesday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Thursday: Seachem Iron (1) cap, Seachem Trace (2) + (1/2) caps
-Friday: Seachem Nitrogen (1) cap, Seachem Phosphorus (1) cap, Seachem Potassium (2) caps
-Saturday: Flourish (1/2) cap
-Sunday: no ferts
Fish:
- 7 red nose rummy
- 9 neon tetras
- 1 butterfly pleco
- 4 ottos
- 5 cherry shimp
- 1 SAE (Just jumped out this week and died)