Subj : Algae Growth
To : ALLEN PRUNTY
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Dec 29 2007 08:56 pm
AP> How do you stop Algae?
AP> I keep getting the so call Algae Eaters and I guess they eat them
AP> selves to death. I've moved the tank away from sun and a light
AP> source and still get it.
AP> Any solutions?
don't feed so much... the more nutrients you have, the more the algea will
grow... i've gone to feeding my tanks only once or twice a week and no longer
have algae growth problems... there was a time, though, when i had hair algae
that was 3 to 4 inches long and lost numerous fish when they'd get tangled in
it...
when you say that you are getting "algae eaters", what, exactly, are you
getting? plecostomas shouldn't have a problem cleaning algae but you might need
a large tank in a year or so for them :) my last pleco was 19 inches long, now
to tail and about 2.5 inches across the head at its eyes ;)
