joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
I have lots of hair alge growing on my live rock and lots of green alge growing on my acrylic how to I take care of it. Even after I clean the acrylic in just a few days its all back, I do not like this! Help!
how do I find the sorce of alge
What do you have as a clean up crew? I.E. snails, crabs. How long do you run your lights? What fish do you have? Do you use tap or R/O water in your tank?
How much do you feed and how often do you feed and what type of food do you use?
What are your water parameters (pH, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temperature, salinity)?
Sounds like you are overfeeding, which could be a contributor to the algae problems. Cut it back to 1/2 a cube every other day. Flame angels are not known algae eaters... You already have a lot of fish in your tank, adding another one just creates more waste which makes more algae.
Water parameters?
It seems to me like you would do well to remove two fish from your aquarium right now.
I know you want a lot of fish and you might be able to add another fish in a few months but right now the best thing you can do is reduce the fish load. Your biological filtration is maxed out right now, giving it a break will allow it to establish itself and grow a little more...at which point you MAY be able to add another fish.
I don't understand why you haven't posted your water parameters. Do you have a test kit?
If you can test for phosphates that might tell you something about algae too.