Just started this year with aquariums. It's been going well until recently. Background on the tank: 10gal with 30watts of light on a timer for 7.5 hours. Temp runs 78-83 degrees. Aquaclear 3-stage filter with carbon. Clay based substrate fertilized with flourish tabs by seacham. Anubis, java fern, lutea are planted in the tank. 30% water change done every week. Currently housing one female betta and 2 otocinclus.
During Sept, my husband and I noticed a sudden burst of green algae growth starting on the leaves of the plants in both our 20 and 10 gal tanks. After a few weeks we went in to our local aquarium store and told to use Flourish excel regular dose every 3-4 days. It worked for about a month and we saw a remarkable reduction in algae. Then, the plants started looking as though they were being "burned." We figured it was the flourish excel and only started putting it in the tank after our weekly H2O change. After another few weeks, I started doing half-doses in the tanks after water changes, however, the algae started to return with a vengeance. (I need to note that every time we've taken water in to be tested that it's been within excellent parameters. We've also been experiencing and increase in snails so I feed sparingly every 2-3 days.) Then I started back to full dose of flourish excel during the water change and our anubis had an almost complete meltdown by the second post-dose day. The anubis had been doing beautifully and all the leaves were healthy. Not sure what to do about this mess. Any comments or suggestions? Can I do anything to help the anubis which now has only 5 leaves come back? What can I do about the raging algae explosion? Thanks!
During Sept, my husband and I noticed a sudden burst of green algae growth starting on the leaves of the plants in both our 20 and 10 gal tanks. After a few weeks we went in to our local aquarium store and told to use Flourish excel regular dose every 3-4 days. It worked for about a month and we saw a remarkable reduction in algae. Then, the plants started looking as though they were being "burned." We figured it was the flourish excel and only started putting it in the tank after our weekly H2O change. After another few weeks, I started doing half-doses in the tanks after water changes, however, the algae started to return with a vengeance. (I need to note that every time we've taken water in to be tested that it's been within excellent parameters. We've also been experiencing and increase in snails so I feed sparingly every 2-3 days.) Then I started back to full dose of flourish excel during the water change and our anubis had an almost complete meltdown by the second post-dose day. The anubis had been doing beautifully and all the leaves were healthy. Not sure what to do about this mess. Any comments or suggestions? Can I do anything to help the anubis which now has only 5 leaves come back? What can I do about the raging algae explosion? Thanks!
