This is a video that will show you how to both clean up algae, is well as prevent algae from getting out of control. Algae is an inevitable part of any new aqua scape, especially when you're using high Tech planted aquarium technology. The same wonderful tools that allow us to grow plants at amazing speeds and with never before seen colouration and forms, also cause the perfect conditions for cyanobacteria, fungus, and obviously algae period from low Tech planted tanks to high Tech planted tanks algae can be an issue,
In this video I also discuss in order of when you can introduce specific species of aquatic animals, to reduce algae. You start with fish like guppies mollies or sword tails as well as bettas. labyrinth fish and air breathing fish and algea eating snails, like bladder snails, nerites or ramshorn snails.
Then introduce plecos, or catfish, followed by corydora or smaller scavengers to clean up botanical debris from your tissue cultured ADA style plants. Lastly you introduce any fish you'd like in the tank, and shrimp. Amono, are best for delicate plants like limnophelia, cabomba, or grasses. Next best is Malawa shrimp or babaulti shrimp which also are scavengers and clean plants. Lastly adding filter feeding shrimp or fan filter shrimp, will polish the water column.
The last shrimp to introduce would be caridina. neocaridina davidi, Taiwan bees. Japanese bolt shrimp or other colorful dwarf shrimp, as they cannot tolerate any amount of ammonia