Hello Everyone,
I'm fairly new around here but...thought this the best place to ask.
I was away for 2 weeks in early January and had someone else looking after my fish tanks. For the most part everything went well, however I came home to a lovely betta tank just filled with what I was told elsewhere that it was blue green algae.
So far I've been doing okay with water changes, but for those of you that know bettas, this guy isn't really happy about it. There is no filtration in the tank although I have started using an airstone, as I had been told that this form of algae likes to grow in areas where there is little water circulation.
This is the post I made on another forum
It's not nearly as bad as in the pic I attached from 2 months ago, however I don't like that it keeps comming back. I'm also hopeing to plant the tank soon and want to do whatever I can to get it in shape before I do.
Right now there is some hornwort and I just added two tiny pieces of water wisteria, Hygrophelia difformis, that have grown from leaves that were pinched off a larger plant.
Tank is approx 6 gallon hex (half full @the moment), bulb is a 14watt screw in flourescent (not a daylight bulb). The bulb had been in that same set up since September of 2003 @least and I only had problems after being away for 2 weeks.
I'd love any help on this...I'm just starting to fumble around plants so forgive me if I've left anything important out.
^_^
I'm fairly new around here but...thought this the best place to ask.
I was away for 2 weeks in early January and had someone else looking after my fish tanks. For the most part everything went well, however I came home to a lovely betta tank just filled with what I was told elsewhere that it was blue green algae.
So far I've been doing okay with water changes, but for those of you that know bettas, this guy isn't really happy about it. There is no filtration in the tank although I have started using an airstone, as I had been told that this form of algae likes to grow in areas where there is little water circulation.
This is the post I made on another forum
It's not nearly as bad as in the pic I attached from 2 months ago, however I don't like that it keeps comming back. I'm also hopeing to plant the tank soon and want to do whatever I can to get it in shape before I do.
Right now there is some hornwort and I just added two tiny pieces of water wisteria, Hygrophelia difformis, that have grown from leaves that were pinched off a larger plant.
Tank is approx 6 gallon hex (half full @the moment), bulb is a 14watt screw in flourescent (not a daylight bulb). The bulb had been in that same set up since September of 2003 @least and I only had problems after being away for 2 weeks.
I'd love any help on this...I'm just starting to fumble around plants so forgive me if I've left anything important out.
^_^