[Algae Bloom Advice Needed, Please.]

I think so.  Yikes!  That may be my problem.  I am still learning how to mess with the manual settings.  I used to have it over a fully planted tank, and I got a new one for that and moved the fluval over to this one to brighten it up.  Maybe I brightened it just a bit too much! 

 

[Algae Bloom Advice Needed, Please.]

It *almost* looks like a bacterial bloom, but it has a green tinge to it. I have maybe 4 live plants in there, the rest are fake because I know he will try and tear them up.  

The substrate is sand.  I have two Aquarium Co-op sponge filters, one a large size and one a medium.  Two fluval heaters.  And I use a fluval 3.0 above light, although I have been keeping it off hoping that some of this will die down.

Here is a picture of my Oscar, Tyrion, he might be about 3 inches in length. 

[Algae Bloom Advice Needed, Please.]

The tank is about 3-4 months old. I can't give EXACT numbers on parameters.  But the nitrates and nitrites are at 0, and the water hardness is about 8, and the Ph is about 6-7. I live in the country and we have a well. All of my other tanks have the exact same parameters.  I sort of find that odd considering I have one that is over planted, and a couple that are under planted.  All of my tanks are crystal clear, except my 75g.  It has a few plants, but not many.  I am running 2 sponge filters in the 75g, and I have never had any issues up until this point.  It hasn't seemed to have improved over the last 2-3 days with turning out the Fluval. 

I fertilize the tank *maybe* every 2 weeks due to the low amount of live plants in the tank.   

I will say that when I did the water change this time that I used straight from the well which was a lot colder than when I try to use from our faucet where I can control the temperature.  It was pretty cold.  Could this have thrown everything off?  The temps didn't seem to fluctuate *that* much. 

[Algae Bloom Advice Needed, Please.]

I don't mind it as long as I know it will balance eventually.  I had a fluval 3.0 running over it (which probably contributed a lot, haha!).  I kicked it off yesterday and I am hoping it calms down. 

And sure! 

[Algae Bloom Advice Needed, Please.]

Hello,

I have a 75g that I recently did a 25% (roughly) water change on.  It kick started an algae bloom, and I am not sure what to do.  Usually what I do is just darken out the tank and hope for the best.  But I am afraid that if I do that, and all of the algae abruptly dies, I will have a major ammonia spike.  I have a young Oscar in there at the moment, and I know they're highly sensitive to ammonia.  

Am I overthinking this, and should just go ahead with a black out?  Or are there any other routes I can take to clear this up?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  

[Floating Ring(s) for Floating Plants?]

I am going to try one of my kids' glow stick necklaces..  They're pretty bendy, and will glow under my light that I have on my 29 gallon when I change it to the 'sleep' setting.  We'll see how it does.

[30 Gallon Tank - Overcrowded?]

Hi,

I have a 30 gallon tank that I have stocked with about 15 Endler's Livebearer males, 4 dwarf corydoras, and 4 mystery snails.  Is that too many creatures for one tank? I really would like to add a slightly larger, flashier fish but I don't want to overcrowd. And if I am already overcrowded, I will just shuffle some around.. But I would appreciate everyone's advice.

Thanks,
MaeDae