Ajhunt87

Thanks for the advice everyone. Just changing the light schedule has almost completely knocked the algae out. My best guess is I put too much fertilizer in at first and then my extended light period just fueled some massive algae growth.

I’m gonna give that a try. Is there a fish that would help control it as well? I know in my reef tank I just throw a couple of tangs in (although not in a 40g) and I’ve never had algae. I thought this would be easier lol. At least it’s cheaper. Thanks for the information, it seems like you’ve spent a lot of time researching lighting.

Peak for only like 3 hours. I think it’s 12 total from when they start to come on to when they turn off. I’m using a Bentley Pascoe setting at 50% strength.

I need help identifying and treating this algae. It’s very annoying and I’m contemplating taking out my aquascape and just saving the plants I can and starting over. Most of the plants are doing fine, but it’s grown all over my Java moss and water sprite and the water sprite has gotten very light yellow in color. I’m sure it’s due to some imbalance in my aquarium but I’m fairly new to freshwater and this tank has given me lots of problems. My daughter’s aquarium is doing quite well. I’ll attach pictures of both. Just some additional information. I was trying to do a blackwater tank, but my filtration seems to filter out all of the tannins. Does anyone know how to keep the water dark. I’m not using any carbon. Just in case anyone was wondering why all of the leaves were in there. They’re olive leaves and I did boil them before I used them.