I have a 20 gallon long planted tank w/ 3.25 W/gallon. It's only been set up for about a month and a half. I started off getting really globby green algae. I got some CAE's, but they didn't eat it. So i took out all the plants, and cleaned them very thouroughly by hand. I then cleaned the glass and did a bug water change. After a couple of days i started getting algae again, but instead of globby algae, i got super hair algae. I'm not even kidding, It's growing super fast, and on everything. Over the course of a few days it's pretty much engulfing my tank. Is there anything I can do to solve this problem?
Water parameters are as folllows:
pH:6.5
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:no more than 10ppm.
unfortunately, i don't have a phosphate tester.
it is currently housing 1 german ram, 2 cardinal tetras, and 2 CAE's.
Oh yeah, the tank currently has ich. I'm treating it, and i don't know if that will make much of a difference. i just figured id mention it.
Water parameters are as folllows:
pH:6.5
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:no more than 10ppm.
unfortunately, i don't have a phosphate tester.
it is currently housing 1 german ram, 2 cardinal tetras, and 2 CAE's.
Oh yeah, the tank currently has ich. I'm treating it, and i don't know if that will make much of a difference. i just figured id mention it.