Hey guys,
So I have a 10 gallon tank. Currently houses 2 clownfish, 1 bta, 4 blue leg hermit crabs, and 3 Cerith snails. I’ve had this tank for almost 6 months.
I have been doing my weekly water changes, usually on thursdays, and for about the last month I have been having to scrape off this algae from the glass. Majority of it grows on the back glass of the tank with a few spots here and there on the other sides of the tank. I believe it is brown algae? I noticed that each time I’ve been cleaning it, it grows back a little stronger/thicker. Should I be doing more water changes in the week?
I feed the clowns roughly 1/4th cube of mysis shrimp every 2 days.
I have a Fluval 20 hang on the back filter that has a sponge, bag of charcoal that I replace at the beginning of each month, and a bag of bio balls that are also replaced once a month.
My light is an led that I’ve set for white light ranging between 35%-42%, greens and reds, and blue light ranging from 37%-100% all in an 9 hour period. I don’t know if that matters but I thought to put that up there. I’ve been experimenting with the light as well to find the perfect settings.
Should I add something to the tank or should I take something out? Is it brown algae or another kind of algae? Photos enclosed. Thank you!
So I have a 10 gallon tank. Currently houses 2 clownfish, 1 bta, 4 blue leg hermit crabs, and 3 Cerith snails. I’ve had this tank for almost 6 months.
I have been doing my weekly water changes, usually on thursdays, and for about the last month I have been having to scrape off this algae from the glass. Majority of it grows on the back glass of the tank with a few spots here and there on the other sides of the tank. I believe it is brown algae? I noticed that each time I’ve been cleaning it, it grows back a little stronger/thicker. Should I be doing more water changes in the week?
I feed the clowns roughly 1/4th cube of mysis shrimp every 2 days.
I have a Fluval 20 hang on the back filter that has a sponge, bag of charcoal that I replace at the beginning of each month, and a bag of bio balls that are also replaced once a month.
My light is an led that I’ve set for white light ranging between 35%-42%, greens and reds, and blue light ranging from 37%-100% all in an 9 hour period. I don’t know if that matters but I thought to put that up there. I’ve been experimenting with the light as well to find the perfect settings.
Should I add something to the tank or should I take something out? Is it brown algae or another kind of algae? Photos enclosed. Thank you!