ps2cho
Well-Known Member
so I have just gone through my 4th main tank uglies stage.
One thing I've noticed which has been consistent between the last 3 independent tanks using different rock and substrate:
During the algae I begin by stepping up water changes and trying things to eliminate po4 and nutrients, give up as the tank looks like garbage...stop water changes for 1-2 months completely and all of a sudden by the end of week 5-7 the uglies vanish!
I can't believe this is a coincidence...
With My current tank I kept doing water changes until the NO3 stabilized and stopped climbing up quickly, then eliminated all water changes and/or maintenance other than the skimmer emptying, water top up and feeding. A month later everything vanishes.
This is also not time dependent. On my last tank I still had the uglies at month 9, gave up and the same thing happened...within 6 weeks it ended.
This tank is on its 4th month and now the carpet of algae has vanished after leaving the tank alone for a month! Basically i replicated what I did in the last tank to see if the same result would happen -- and like clockwork 5 weeks later it's GONE!
Maybe sometimes when nothing works, do nothing!!
One thing I've noticed which has been consistent between the last 3 independent tanks using different rock and substrate:
During the algae I begin by stepping up water changes and trying things to eliminate po4 and nutrients, give up as the tank looks like garbage...stop water changes for 1-2 months completely and all of a sudden by the end of week 5-7 the uglies vanish!
I can't believe this is a coincidence...
With My current tank I kept doing water changes until the NO3 stabilized and stopped climbing up quickly, then eliminated all water changes and/or maintenance other than the skimmer emptying, water top up and feeding. A month later everything vanishes.
This is also not time dependent. On my last tank I still had the uglies at month 9, gave up and the same thing happened...within 6 weeks it ended.
This tank is on its 4th month and now the carpet of algae has vanished after leaving the tank alone for a month! Basically i replicated what I did in the last tank to see if the same result would happen -- and like clockwork 5 weeks later it's GONE!
Maybe sometimes when nothing works, do nothing!!
