Best comment ever! This is the simplest way to tackle algae

Keep your aquarium simple, you can't capture the nature in a glass box, can u? Don't try that instead go for frequent holidays.. spend there not on these foolish tanks I have a 5 ft tank but it's very basic, with lot of small fishes which soothes my nerve.. and small amount of drift wood/rocks/ and plants... enjoy

@@cablenetworksystems Thank You, Nice Advice

@@cablenetworksystems In my experience simple tanks can get algae problems, warm weather, high stocking, window light in the Spring and Autumn (as strong sun slips in at a lower angle), high oxygenation and decaying plants starved of CO2 - been keeping fish and plants for over 50 years, seen it all. Good luck.

@@williammcdowell6257 ok I am only 50 plus.. so not so experience like you, the professionals tear up their set up in 1 or 2 year most after spending fortune( at least they promote to boost up business) I maintain a 5 ft tank with a good filter,quite a big drift wood, white sand, some plant and some Christmas and java moss, with some rare tetras and others who mix well with them, kept few crocodile fish for algae and put black sticker in 3 side except the front to minimize the light from out side... I have been doing great with minimum maintenance and kept it low tech as I don't prefer to box the nature in a glass box and then burn huge amount of electricity. I have a small solar unit which is enough to sustain my 5 ft tank and not producing or contributing much on our environment which all of have to keep in our mind. Thank you for your wise advise and hope you will be wiser... Good luck to you too

@@cablenetworksystems Yes I do understand, and am a big fan of a genuinely green approach, the closest I have achieved is to tweak the Walstad method with yeast generated CO2. High tech tanks are a bit of misnomer, and really, they rarely use much additional electricity, but of course, if stem plants are grown there is a lot of trimming etc., for myself I choose to grow a range of plants but I definitely, like you, do feel that some aqua-scapers lose sight of something in the hobby, but I stick to my simple point, algae like sin, is no man's prerogative. Do continue to enjoy the hobby.

this is why you have timers

@@jackoghost Maybe he does. I've accidently turned on the "always on" button of my timer once. Noticed this only after 5 days :(

Not sure if you’re still dealing with green spot algae but if you test your phosphate levels it’ll show that it’s either too high or too low. Oround 1ppm phosphate is where you want to be. I have to supplement phosphate using Seachem Phosphorus every other day and this stopped the green spot algae. Hope this helps.

@@ojno11 thanks! That's a great tip - appreciated!

Hi. If you only use Easy category plants you can easily get away without CO2. tropica.com/en/plants/search/?mode=search&sew=&dif=Easy&pgr=&ori=&use=

People on forums will be able to identify them for you. Or you could just start dosing EI and you don’t have to worry about deficiencies.

diatoms will go away as your tank cycles, just have patience and don't change too much

Same

@@edward7945 I beat staghorn by dialing in my co2 , adding a Siamese algae eater and not over trimming my plants , If you really knock back your plants all at once it can throw things out of balance. Instead it's best to trim small amounts more frequently and separately , like stems one week, carpet another week. etc.

Nice and informing video! Congratulations!

get a syringe and inject some liquid carbon into the substrate where it's appearing.

Test for high levels of Nitrate & Phosphate - you may need to reduce light duration for a time and simultaneously change a lot of water (assuming your tap water is low in Nitrate and Phosphate). Long term fix you may need a better/larger filter and reduce stocking levels. Blue Green is primarily caused by pollution, light and temperature. Good news is that it is the easiest to fix.

I had both in my 20 gallon tank, I started feeding my fish less and lowered the light from 10 to 8 hrs a day and it all went away. I think once the black beard started to die, I saw my snails and shrimp eating it more.

I don't bother with Anubias anymore, They are a magnet for algae

This is normally a CO2 circulation issue. Not normally light related. You may need extra water movement and rearrange hardscape to ensure flow through the full tank. Good luck, this is hard one to completely crack.

Hi, it's not generally recommended to place a tank near the window; to answer your question directly, yes, algae will form easier if the aquarium is placed near the window.

@@TropicaAquariumPlants I have put curtains to protect the tank from sunlight. Now how do I remove the ones formed inside and ensure no further developments

Your videos are very cinematic and informative. Please continue this series!

i think for BBA the solution is to reduce overfeeding of the tank, increase water changes and addition of CO2. otherwise there are chemical agents which can help with it.

Hi Sandra. You can check out our video on hair algae if you want. :)

@@TropicaAquariumPlants I will thanks

reduce fertilisation to reduce excess nutrients in the water column. can also monitor lighting/CO2/temp and water changes in response to the algae situation.

Me too.. All the time! I'm just setting up an RO system, a cheap one, hopefully it solves the issue.. Tried everything else.