constant algae

"Tara Legale" wrote in message
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I have an 8 gallon tank with some Gold X-Ray Tetras and Red Minor Serpae
Tetras. I have a 125 Biowheel for filtration. The lights are on only 6
hours a day. I do water changes every 2-3 weeks. It gets constant algae.
Brighter green algae that covers the glass and (fake) plants (comes off
fairly easy). Also if I go to the 3 week mark of doing a water change, it
will start to get a different algae on the plants only, this algae is sort
of a very dark red. I have a water test kit and nitrites, nitrates,
ammonia, etc. are all at good levels according to the kit. Why such a bad
algae problem and what can I do about it?
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More and larger partial water changes and a few small algae eaters called
otos. Does your gravel need a good vacuuming? Maybe try vacuuming the
gravel more often also.
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