The bloom of algae is the result of an excess of nutrients in the water from the aquarium, it is also a consequence of too much light. This is not necessarily attributed to lighting aquarium, but may also include the room light and direct sunlight.
It is freely floating plankton single cell algae growing at a phenomenal rate, which turns water green, often referred to as "green water". The cause is always the same, excessive light and nutrients (nitrate), often over uneaten food and food. Nitrate to obtain a reading to confirm it.
Each time a new aquarium is put in place a number of cycles to occur, some you probably know, such as the nitrogen cycle. However, a cycle of phosphorus also occurs, which May be stimulated if the phosphate buffer are overexploited when excess nitrates are present, by adding a phosphate carrier in the aquarium filter, the situation has worsened.
Running water changes can improve the situation to some extent, however, if measures are not taken to remove nutrients and / or excessive light that are causing problems, changes d Water offer little help in the long term. Spores algae grow in water rich in nutrients, a bloom of algae can become so serious that the contents of an aquarium can disappear into the green water.
Algae are a form of plant life and consume oxygen during the night. If the algal bloom is serious, adequate oxygenation must be provided during the period of fires at night time, it is possible for an algal bloom serious drain the tank of oxygen.
Thus, if algae are a form of plant life will be right in thinking that must be exactly the same conditions as plants to survive, ie light and nutrients. It is to get rid of the algae, you need to remove the things it needs to survive.
Dying organic matter will create just the right nutrients that algae need to survive, so that the filter must be flushed more frequently during an algal bloom, eliminate some of the decomposition of matter. Installing a larger internal filter in the aquarium will go a step further to address the problem.
Other possibilities that can help rid the problem include vacuuming gravel of all debris, the reduction of light in the aquarium and reduce the length of time it is on. Do not feed over the aquarium, fish eat the amount of food that fills them.
Live Daphnia are tiny crustaceans that are a favorite food of fish. If you can find a supplier of live daphnia and get them into the aquarium, they will eat your green water in no time, so if the fish do not eat daphnia first. Live plants are always a good option because they absorb nutrients that green algae otherwise grow on.
In summary, the only way to prevent or resolve an algae bloom is controlling excess nutrients.
It is freely floating plankton single cell algae growing at a phenomenal rate, which turns water green, often referred to as "green water". The cause is always the same, excessive light and nutrients (nitrate), often over uneaten food and food. Nitrate to obtain a reading to confirm it.
Each time a new aquarium is put in place a number of cycles to occur, some you probably know, such as the nitrogen cycle. However, a cycle of phosphorus also occurs, which May be stimulated if the phosphate buffer are overexploited when excess nitrates are present, by adding a phosphate carrier in the aquarium filter, the situation has worsened.
Running water changes can improve the situation to some extent, however, if measures are not taken to remove nutrients and / or excessive light that are causing problems, changes d Water offer little help in the long term. Spores algae grow in water rich in nutrients, a bloom of algae can become so serious that the contents of an aquarium can disappear into the green water.
Algae are a form of plant life and consume oxygen during the night. If the algal bloom is serious, adequate oxygenation must be provided during the period of fires at night time, it is possible for an algal bloom serious drain the tank of oxygen.
Thus, if algae are a form of plant life will be right in thinking that must be exactly the same conditions as plants to survive, ie light and nutrients. It is to get rid of the algae, you need to remove the things it needs to survive.
Dying organic matter will create just the right nutrients that algae need to survive, so that the filter must be flushed more frequently during an algal bloom, eliminate some of the decomposition of matter. Installing a larger internal filter in the aquarium will go a step further to address the problem.
Other possibilities that can help rid the problem include vacuuming gravel of all debris, the reduction of light in the aquarium and reduce the length of time it is on. Do not feed over the aquarium, fish eat the amount of food that fills them.
Live Daphnia are tiny crustaceans that are a favorite food of fish. If you can find a supplier of live daphnia and get them into the aquarium, they will eat your green water in no time, so if the fish do not eat daphnia first. Live plants are always a good option because they absorb nutrients that green algae otherwise grow on.
In summary, the only way to prevent or resolve an algae bloom is controlling excess nutrients.
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