patrickpernell
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I have had a 29 gallon biocube for going on 4 years, so I'm not necessarily new to the hobby. But in the past couple of weeks, I have an overtake of brown looking algae in my tank. It's all over the rock, glass, and sand. I have 2 clown fish, a blue tang and several snails and crabs.
I've visited my local fish shop and have done everything they have recommended me to do to stop the algae. Here's some things I've done:
1). I feed the fish once every three days.
2). I've removed most of the filter pads in the tank to prevent further nutrient overload
3). I've added purigen and phosnet to the tank as well as one chemipure bag.
4). I've added a brand new protein skimmer.
5). I was recommended microbacter drops and began using that.
6). For about a week an a half I was doing water changes every other day.
Nothing I've done has helped decrease the algae growth. Does anyone have any recommendations? All parameters of the tank are normal except the nitrate and I'd assume the phosphate but I don't have a test for phosphate.
I've visited my local fish shop and have done everything they have recommended me to do to stop the algae. Here's some things I've done:
1). I feed the fish once every three days.
2). I've removed most of the filter pads in the tank to prevent further nutrient overload
3). I've added purigen and phosnet to the tank as well as one chemipure bag.
4). I've added a brand new protein skimmer.
5). I was recommended microbacter drops and began using that.
6). For about a week an a half I was doing water changes every other day.
Nothing I've done has helped decrease the algae growth. Does anyone have any recommendations? All parameters of the tank are normal except the nitrate and I'd assume the phosphate but I don't have a test for phosphate.
