To Algaefix or not????

The dwarf hairgrass pictured came from my nano tank which was treated for spirogyra with the one two punch method which i thought killed off the algae. Could it be i transfered the algae over to this tank?

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To be honest sometimes I don't mind the algae but what I do mind is it starving my plants out for nutrients and killing everything. Please help

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I tried algae fix once. It killed a fish or two so I don't use it. I actually cut a piece of poster board to shield my tank from natural light from a very nearby window. Rookie mistake, I know, but it helps greatly until I move the tank. I noticed when I dosed algae fix, my fish were gasping for air. I immediately did a wc and terminated the treatment. It was too late. My ballon mollies flipped upside down and I lost them. I found that upping my maintenance simply knocked it out. I got out of the over feeding habit, reduced my photo period, bought a cheap magnet floating tank cleaner and use it every couple days, and algae couldn't keep up. I'll rub the leaves of a new plant daily until I see the algae disappear. I also added a power head and wrap the intake and my filter intake with polyfill. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


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Since your tank is new your plants haven't established themselves yet, and I assume your still cycling? Your tank is out of balance and it will be out of balance till your cycle is done and your plants start to root and grow. So algae in a new set up is totally normal. Clean what you can and work on growing your plants. Whenever I get new plants I always do a quick bleach dip in about a 20:1 solution followed by a dip in water with a lot of dechlorinator.

I think you need to work on your CO2. How long are your lights on for?

instead band-aid fixes you need to look at the whole tank and find out what is causing the growth, and fix that. otherwise you will just in this same boat again.

i had spirogyra in my fissidens. it was really ugly and unsightly. i used algae fix and lowered my lighting to correct it. once its in your tank, its in your tank. best to get rid of it any way you can. i do recommend keeping a close eye on your tank as i think algaefix stresses out the fish some.

+1 for greaser84
What is in picture #2 seems to show up once in a while in my med/high light tank
as I have neither fast currant or CO2. I do dose 2x the recommended doses of Excel daily/w no change at WC. This was there a lot when the tank was first started and has gone away by it's self since except for a couple of threads of it appearing once in a while for short periods of time and then they dissapear.

IMHO your tank is looking fine. Three weeks in is a very short time. If this little bit of algae is bothering you wait until you wake up one day and your water is green pee soup. I hope that doesn't happen to you but with new tanks it sometimes does.

Try to keep things steady and get your co2 as good as you can. Then with stable ferts and time your tank will balance and algae will abate. Although somewhere in the tank everyone has a tiny bit.

Have you tried Chemi clean?


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