"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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Reel McKoi wrote:
How often are you doing partial water changes? More would help by
removing
the "waste" dissolved in the water that algae needs to thrive.

Obviously not often enough. I'll have to stick to a better schedule.

Thanks,

Geoff.

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The suckers often called chinese algae eaters are good algae eaters, and
have a nice range of temperatures they can handle.
Other things that help are increasing water movement, increasing filter
bacteria populations in filters, floating a chunk of tied up barley straw
and as above, more frequent partial water changes.
Remember to be nice to your filters! Only rinse the sponges with water taken
from the pond. Doing this lets you keep the bacteria alive and they are what
removes most of the ammonia that causes many algae blooms. RInsing the
filter sponges under the tap kills off the bacteria and makes much more fish
waste available to the algae.