Todd Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 So my 6x2x2 tang setup has been up and running for a little over a year now, and it has been great. But due to using bore water, I have a ridiculous algae problem that according to a local water expert that used to keep fish himself and personally knows the type of water im using, I will never be rid of it. So that has left me three options that I can see. 1: I just try to ignore the algae and try to keep on top of it (which is difficult to say the least) 2: I buy a ro/di unit and buffer the water up from that 3: I use rain water (or ro/di) and try another setup. So im sortof looking through my options at the moment, and Im starting to lean to the later. I can't honestly say that my tank is where I had imagined it to be by this point, and I don't know how much more money I can pour into it to try to achieve what i had envisioned. So Im wondering what I can do. I have been thinking for a while now about turning it into a South American setup with eartheaters of some description for the centerpiece and other smaller cichlids from that area to fill in the niches. So what should do? Does anyone have any examples of such a tank?Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Toddfirst things first water are the parameters of your bore water pH and hardnesswhat fish are you keeping ATM as being a Tang set up bore water will suit themif your only problem is algae then you need to look at how much light the tank receivesthe other think is to test for phosphate levels that could be accelerating the algae growthI don't think running an RO unit for water will change your problem but it will change the waterparameters to where you would need to add buffing agents to build it up to Tang parametersoptions for control are possibly using a UV unitnot Tangs but some bristlenose catsa good magnetic algae scraper unless it's a black beard algae growing on the substrate and rocksPoly filter will remove phosphates if it is being caused by high phosphate levelsgo any pics you can post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Another option is to store water used for water changes in an open tank with duckweed.....duckweed will use the nutrients in the water....leaving less for the algaeI'd bet your water is hard alkaline....great for tangsIf you want to go for Eartheaters then soft water is the go (rainwater not bore water ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel1985 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I had a big problem with algae in my 90 gallon then got 3 bristle nose catfish and now have no algae. They are great workers and get along with most fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzFish Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Is the algae coming from high nitrates, high phospates or both? what have these been tested at, both at the source and in the tank?A UV filter will do nothing if the aglae is on the rocks/glass etc, it will only kill off waterbourne algae, IE green water.For high nitrates, you could try a DIY coil denitrator, pretty inexpensive to set up and for phosphates you could try pool starver from a pool shop, if using this chemical you will need a mechanical means to remove the flocculant after each dose, IE filter wool or Filter sock etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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