Grizzly Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Ok so I have got either a black hair or bba started in my tank. I read some other threads on this forum about ways to battle it. I did a water change on Sunday then tested my water on Monday and was at 20 for nitrates. Tested my water again today( Wednesday) and it was at 40. Now I have pothos in my hang on back and a lot of newly required plants from the best place of all time to get plants Aquarium Co op of course. ( couldn’t help myself)So I was hoping to only have to do one water change a week. My question is I’m assuming my nitrates will continue to rise unless I do a water change. Will keeping my nitrates around 20ppm help keep the algae at bay or am I wrong in my thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 What size is the aquarium and what is it stocked with? Are you using ferts? some plants inhibit algae. Good flow helps with some. Proper lighting with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyB Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 My nitrates are at 20 ppm and I still battle hair algae and bba. I slightly increased Seachem excel and that has helped some. I continue to adjust my light timer to see if that will also help. I trimmed the leaves with the bba and I removed and sprayed decorations with hydrogen peroxide. That really worked well. I remove the hair algae with a toothbrush. I’ve heard in Cory’s videos that this algae is an Imbalance of nutrients and light so I’m working on trying to balance the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyB Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 And I also stopped adding Iron. That has helped reduce the hair algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 It’s 75 gallon with South/Central American cichlids my plants are dwarf sag, anibus , java fern, red scarlets, pogostemon octopus, and a couple different cryps. Using easy green, easy iron, and carbon. Have a cannister filter , hang on back with pothos and sponge filter for filtration and fluval 3.0 plant for light set at 30% running for 8 hours which I just dropped from 10 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus the fish boy Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Getting some Amano shrimp should solve it, but if you have cichlids in there, that might not be possible. maybe try an experiment and get some Siamese Algae Eaters. They eat bba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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