I made the change to an El natural tank. - Page 2 - El Natural

dwalstad · 08-10-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by will5

The tank has had an issue with algae(clado) growing like mad on one side of the tank next to the window. So I both closed and pulled the blinds to try and slow/stop it.

Any idea on how to kill it??????? I would have tried to hit it with some excel but I think I read some where that excel can be harmful to an EL natural.

In my opinion, your tank looks better than when you first set it up. Good going!

As to the algae on one side of the tank, I would just scrape it off.

I know that I advocate low-maintenance, but sometimes there's a little cleaning called for.

For example, my 55 gal is doing great, but algae sometimes grows on the front. Today, I scraped it off the glass, removed a little mulm from the bottom, and changed the carbon in the filter. Sometimes a little cleaning upfront will prevent major problems later on. Algae and plants are always in competition. It doesn't hurt to give the plants a little advantage.

will5 · 08-10-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwalstad

In my opinion, your tank looks better than when you first set it up. Good going!

As to the algae on one side of the tank, I would just scrape it off.

I know that I advocate low-maintenance, but sometimes there's a little cleaning called for.

For example, my 55 gal is doing great, but algae sometimes grows on the front. Today, I scraped it off the glass, removed a little mulm from the bottom, and changed the carbon in the filter. Sometimes a little cleaning upfront will prevent major problems later on. Algae and plants are always in competition. It doesn't hurt to give the plants a little advantage.

Thanks for the help and the comments. I will try and remove the algae manually.

I must say that I have done a couple of water changes just because I am used to doing them although it's every other week with this tank. I am now going to try and just top off for a month or two and see how that goes. Kicking the high tech habits on this tank is harder than quitting smoking was.