Re: growing algae
- From: Gill Passman <gillnospamat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:20:27 +0000
Mary Burns wrote:
"Gill Passman" <gillnospamat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43b5410a$0$87296$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIt is going in the Conservatory and experience has taught me that the algae does much the same as you describe in your tank (I need to reduce the lighting in the summer)...I also have the blinds closed almost all year round. It's really the short term lack of algae that I was concerned about....
Still planning the upgrade on my tank but one thing that is worrying me right now, ironically, is the lack of algae that there will be in the new tank and how this will impact my otos that won't eat anything other algae.
So, I need to look at ways of introducing algae into the new tank - I could take plants from the Malawi tank that always seem to get coated but was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how to get a more sustainable source of algae until it starts to grow naturally in the new tank - I'd hate my algae eaters to suffer because of the move.
TIA Gill
Most new tanks have a brown algae (diatoms) phase for a week sometimes which the ottos will love. Moving plastic/silk plants or ornaments will work as long as tanks have no problems, reducing risk of spreading anything to other tanks. If your new tank is going in conservatory, you may have more algae anyway because of the extra daylight. My 65g is in front of south east facing big window, even keeping blinds shut all day doesn't stop an increase in algae in summer, which goes in October and comes again in April/May, even if I reduce tank lights to 6 hours as well. I find smaller plants in a big tank always get a bit more algae as the bigger plants hog all the light, so that may be another way to get algae. I don't move my live plants, because most are probably just dying very very slowly as the clowns uproot them, and the few that really do grow are left alone!!! Mary
The plant idea might work or some rocks. The options would be to either add this into the Malawi tank - which hasn't add any fish added to it since I first set it up early this year (apart from the self-made additions) or to do as NetMax suggests and set up the Hex tank as an algae factory....(might get tempted to put in fish though if I do that)...
Anyway the tank has been ordered today :-) It will take 3-4 weeks to arrive....have gone for 72" long, 18" high and 24" deep....
Thanks for your ideas
Gill .
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