Comment by David Lucchesi on December 30, 2012 at 7:24pm

The tank is getting too much sunlight it also depends on what side of the house it is facing.

Comment by Austin Graystone on December 30, 2012 at 7:37pm

ok then so il put my tank back on a timer 

Comment by Luke Newcomb on December 31, 2012 at 11:13am

Try a 3 day blackout, followed by some kind of Co2 Supplement. that worked great to get rid of the Hair algae I had. 

Comment by Austin Graystone on December 31, 2012 at 5:15pm

i think it was just leaving the lights on too long so i have reduced it to 9 hours and i have given co2 

Comment by Don Tibo on January 2, 2013 at 12:27pm

Put some algae eaters in it. It helped me when I had algae 

Comment by Austin Graystone on January 2, 2013 at 10:17pm

....lol i have algae eaters

Comment by Robert Jango on January 4, 2013 at 5:40am

Algae feeds off nutrients in the water. You therefore have excess nutrients in the water. I use very clean, soft water and therefore never get algae outbreaks no matter how much light the tanks receive. Floating plants like water cabbage are excellent at sucking up excess nutrients as is Water Sprite. If you float it, its leaves will poke above the water's surface allowing it access huge quantities of Co2 and therefore outgrow and outcompete the algae for minerals.  

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