That's probably the funniest thing I've every heard - you msut be
proud of yourself.

On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:30:49 GMT, (-ED) wrote:

What, you can't change the water cause your a wussy boy..........go
get a clue pete, and buy some vitamins while your at it. Its that lack
of sunshiine in the UK making you anemic. Speedy for an email name is
probably a lie to.......




On Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:40 +0100, Pete
wrote:
I don't think I have the strength to change the water more than once a
week - surely once a week is enough...

I tend to shy away from adding any chemicals to the tank and have
never added any.

I have discovered that the algae is Black Brush algae, so
pleco's/oto's won't touch it. The only fish that is reputed to eat it
is the Siamese Flying Fox aka Siamese Algae Eater (Crossocheilus
siamensis), but I'd probably need a whole shoal to get through the
amount I have..

The tank was heavily planted with a huge variety of plants, but the
only plants that continue to grow is a cabomba-type plant. Everything
else is smothered in the algae.

My gut feeling is that there's something amiss with the external
filter.

Thanks for your reply,
Pete

On Tue, 16 May 2006 11:11:20 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups.*

"Pete" wrote in message
news:rusj625sslgtrr39q4ngbldlodrrgrp5mj@4ax. com...
I have a tank 5' x 2' x 2' which has been set up for about 15 yrs and
contains community fish and is illuminated by 3 x 40W triton tubes (2
tubes on for 10hrs/day and the 3rd comes on for 3 hrs/day in the
middle of the 10hr cycle). The tubes are less than 1yr old.

I used to replace about 1/3 of the water and clean the filter every
couple of months and all seemed fine.

For about the last 14yrs everything has been fine then about a year
ago I started getting a dark blue/green algae like fur (about 1" long)
growing in clumps on the glass and covering the plant leaves.

More water changes. Try using Flourish Excell and micronutrients. These
will help but even better is to also add a small pleco (clown plecs only get
5" long) and some otos. They really turned the tide in my infected tanks.

The tank was well planted, so much so that I had to remove handfulls
of plants every couple of weeks to keep it under control.
Excessive plant growth no longer occurs, probably because the algae
covers most of the leaves.

Have you been adding aquarium plant fertilizers? What plants are they?

Many thanks
Pete

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