Identification and Treatment of Algae in Aquarium

(2020年08月24日)

Algae are usually present when nutrients, carbon dioxide, oxygen and light are out of balance. For example, too much light but too little nutrients and carbon dioxide can cause algae to grow. Poor distribution of carbon dioxide and nutrients is also a common cause of algae. Reducing nitrate and phosphate, two important nutrients are widely thought to reduce algal blooms when algae actually grow in low-nutrient environments. It is a myth that should be avoided in planted aquariums.
Identification and Treatment of Brown Algae
The brown algae mainly appeared at the beginning of the early tank setup period, usually in the first three months of the newly set up fish tank. And at this stage, there is often a phenomenon of death of fish and shrimp for no reason, causing many aquarium beginners to be at a loss. Brown algae often appear in the tank wall and the surface of sunken wood, stones and so on. The main reason for the brown algae occurrence is that the nitrification system of the water system is not established. Accelerate the establishment of the nitrification system. You can purchase high-quality nitrifying bacteria into the grass tank according to the instructions at the opening stage, or a more time-saving method is to ask a familiar aquarium owner friend for long-term filter cotton. Clean and put it in your own filtration system as soon as possible. Of course, regular cleaning of the tank walls and regular water changes are also necessary routine duties. You may need a fish tank algae cleaner.
Identification and Treatment of Blue-Green Algae (BGA) or Cyanobacteria
The color of the cyanobacteria is green, black, brown, and so on. It covers the surface of the bottom sand like a snot. It has a foul smell and often appears in the position like the bottom sand, and the contact surface of the bottom sand and the tank wall.
Causes:
1. The water quality hardness is too high
2. The bottom sand is too thin. Treatment method: Use a sand washer to suck it out.
Identification and Treatment of Green Water
Many aquarium owners may have had this experience: the originally clear and transparent water system suddenly became misty and not transparent, and gradually turned into misty green. This is the emergence of green water.
Causes:
1. The light intensity and time are too strong and too long, and there is direct sunlight on the water tank.
2. Insufficient filtering strength. Treatment method: reduce light and strengthen filtration.
3. Strengthen water change.
4. Use ultraviolet light for aquarium to kill the spores that cause green water, but be careful not to leak ultraviolet light and cause injury to people.
Identification and Treatment of Green Spot Algae (GSA)
This kind of algae is often faced by many aquarium owners. even the masters dare not say that they have not encountered the problem of green spot algae. They often appear in the tank wall, on the blade surface of broad-leaved negative aquatic grass, such as big banyan, small banyan, and so on.
The causes are
1, the light intensity is too high
2, the light reflection effect is bad. Treatment of green algae methods: 1, using moss mice, snails, and other biological treatment, regular scrubbing tank wall. The old leaves with long green spots will be cut off, and adjust the arrangement of water weed appropriately. The water weed with long green spots will be eliminated easily.
Identification and Treatment of Black Hair Algae
It is believed that this is the most difficult of all kinds of algae. Once the black algae bloom, it will be very unsightly and should be eradicated as soon as possible. Frequent appearing locations include sunk wood, filter inlets, and outlets, bottom sand, water grass leaves, etc.
There are many reasons for this:
1. The pH and hardness of the water system are too high;
2. There are too many baits entering the water system;
3. There are too many fishes;
4. The composition of the liquid fertilizer added to the fish tank is unreasonable, resulting in element imbalance;
5. Don't wait too long to change the water, resulting in nutrient accumulation;
6. Insufficient filtration capacity. You can check for more information about aquarium filtration types.
Once the traces of black hair algae are found, they should be resolved at the beginning stage. The solution is as follows: buy the black fox fish into the cylinder, 200-300 - mm per 1 / cylinder block as the unit, such as your batch length is 400 mm, add 1 to 2, with a rounded body, beautiful shape, smaller for good quality, the big black line doesn't like work.
1. Biological treatment, buy black line flying fox fish into the tank and take 1 / 200-300mm tank as a unit. For example, your tank is 400mm in length, put 1-2 fish with a round body, beautiful shape, and small size.
2. To improve water quality, black hair algae is more likely to occur in water with higher pH and hardness. It is necessary to improve the efficiency of CO2 dissolution and soften water to reduce pH and GH. Generally, it is believed that pH is around 6.5 and GH is around 8.
3. When you go to the aquarium online shop, don't combine everything. Always remember that the protagonist of the grass tank is grass, and the fish is just embellishment.
4. Stop using inferior fertilizers. Some inferior fertilizers are the cause of black hair algae outbreak due to poor nutrient distribution ratio.
5. Improve water quality and strengthen filtration.
6. Use glutaraldehyde, but this method is a chemical treatment method.
Algae growth is a reality that every aquarium owner will face sooner or later. Some algae grow normally and healthy, but excessive algae growth is unsightly and may be harmful to fish and plants.
Algae may appear as brown, greenish, reddish residue or films on aquarium glass, gravel or substrates, accessories, and plants in the aquarium. There are many ways to avoid this excessive growth, and in many cases, it can be reversed. Start your algae treatment in the aquarium with Senzeal.
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