Need Help with my .5 hog

[Fishyj]

Hello, I have had mine set up for 3 weeks now and very little algae. I had it on only 12 hours a day. I did not increase it like your instructions said and I believe this is the reason it is not producing much. My tank has gotten a lot more green algae in the past 3 weeks and the hair algae is increasing. I decided to cover the tank and go dark for 3 days and increase my hog to running 22 hours. Do you think this will help? How long should I be running my white and blue lights. The blues run 12 hours and the whites 4 hours. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[SantaMonica]

Hi there. Pics are always helpful, but maybe you can at least describe how white the growth surface still is?

 

[Fishyj]

I will try to get some pictures. I can see very small strands on it and to me the color of the growth surface is tannish.

 

[SantaMonica]

Yes will need pics.

 

[Fishyj]

Here are a couple of pictures.

 

[SantaMonica]

You have air bubbles running 24 hours, correct?

 

[Fishyj]

Air is on 24 hours a day. Lights are now on 22 hours a day. I did notice a few more strands on this but not a lot. I did clean the brown off and will try again. 1 thing I did notice is the bubbles don't come out all the way across but about the first 2 slits.

 

[SantaMonica]

Reduce lighting hours to 18 per day.

Tilt the unit so bubble go up the middle.

Let grow a full 14 days, and take a pic at that time.

 

[Fishyj]

Thank you for the help.

 

[Fishyj]

Update: I now have algae forming rather well based on what I feed my tank. I still have some algae forming on the sand but I think that will go away in time and I plan on getting more of a cleanup crew.