I bought a uv sterilliser to controll my algae....works like a charm!

If you can get someone to check your phosphate level, that would be the way
to go as algae thrives on phosphate-of course, it could be dissapearing as
fast as it enters as the algae consumes it.

All those nasty chemicals do is kill off the algae at that one time....if
you dont do a large water change/gravel vac, the algae will only settle to
the bottom, rot and create more problems...Chemicals in aquaria (appart from
water conditioner) are no the way to go....

I wouldnt buy a fish for the purpose of tank maintanance...I honestly would
only buy one if i truely like the fish...but thats my opinion...

I honestly would find a UV sterilliser suitable to the size of your
aquarium.
wrote in message
oups.com...
moved my 20g tank w/2 coments to a location I thought would be ok.
algae started almost immediately.

are the chemicals sold to treat tank algae safe/work?

was also considering an algae eater....would large comets attack
another non GF in the tank?

I can scrub the stuff away easy enough. Never had to deal with it
before and am looking for ways to deal with it.

thx - Craig