bright green algea in my brackish tank

[eklikewhoa]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

IMO you might be feeding too much and the lights are on for too long....the moonlights contribute to that as well.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

ill start turnin the moon lights off then.  hey im going to the GHAC meeting friday. anyone have some of this stuff they wanna sell me???

[Mzungu]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

How do the moonlights contribute??

[eklikewhoa]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

When I had my Mobas the only lighting the tank go was moonlights and I noticed that diatoms would cover the glass right were the moonlights directly shined onto.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

Well I. Still need to know anyone wanna sell me some at the ghac meeting Friday???

[mrairportjunke]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

ok well one hell of a cleanin and that e mycin treatment and presto.  NO more of that CRAP. so it does work  thanks too all

[mrairportjunke]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

the emycin worked for a couple weeks
this crap came back.  i left the lights off for 1 week.  no algae.  though sweet.  well soon as i turn on the light,  like within a day or 2 its comin back.  i cleaned,  i cut back feeding,  i evan net out left over food from the puffers, do water changes,  cut back on the lights, water parameters are perfect.  whats the deal.  its black and green stuff.  could it have something to do with that it use to be a saltwater tank?  doubt it cause my other tanks that were salt dont have no isssues.  whats the deal.  im sick of this

[fshfrk]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

try a uv sterilizer.

[nacra99]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

the emycin worked for a couple weeks
this crap came back.  i left the lights off for 1 week.  no algae.  though sweet.  well soon as i turn on the light,  like within a day or 2 its comin back.  i cleaned,  i cut back feeding,  i evan net out left over food from the puffers, do water changes,  cut back on the lights, water parameters are perfect.  whats the deal.  its black and green stuff.  could it have something to do with that it use to be a saltwater tank?  doubt it cause my other tanks that were salt dont have no isssues.  whats the deal.  im sick of this

Uh oh... that's not good. That means that the first infestation was not fully taken care of. Which means that this outbreak will probably be harder to eradicate because the bacteria may have built up resistance to the antibiotics.

You can try again and hope that it works again this time.. but remember to continue treating for a week even after you don't see it anymore.

Otherwise... short of draining and cleaning the the tank, i'm out of ideas....
Perhaps someone else can chime in.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: bright green algea in my brackish tank

i tried the draining and cleaning the tank.  i was so nerotic about it that i evan rinsed off my fish. lol.  seriously.  i did treat the whole time.  well the 4 days or whatever on the pack.  so you say do a whole week??