Bba All Over Tank

[Owen88]

So i have bba all over my tank. It looks like bba but it’s purple and jas some green circles. I have 12 glolight tetras 6 corys 2 Amazons and some sagthat isn’t doing good. What can i do to get rid of it with a fish snail or shrimp?

 

[86 ssinit]

Sae will eat it. How big is your tank? What is your nitrate reading? How bad is the bba? Picture would help.
First I would do a huge water change while vacuuming the gravel. Ornaments with bba can be dipped into hydrogen peroxide for 5 min and that will kill it. If you have a water polisher let that run for a few days stirring up the gravel as often as you can.

 

[Owen88]

ive tried the hydrogen peroxide and it only worked for about 1.5 weeks. My tank is a 30 gallon. I don’t have a sterilizer so i want a animal of some sort.

 

[86 ssinit]

You’ve got more than bba in there. Looks like some sort of spot algae. What are your nitrate readings? What are all your reading? Siamese algae eaters may eat some of that but being a 30gal all you’d want is 2 for that size tank.

 

[Owen88]

You’ve got more than bba in there. Looks like some sort of spot algae. What are your nitrate readings? What are all your reading? Siamese algae eaters may eat some of that but being a 30gal all you’d want is 2 for that size tank.

 

[86 ssinit]

Your reading are all good. How long are the lights on? What kind of lights?
What i would suggest now is get a water polisher (magnum 350). Scrub as much off as you can clean ornaments and polish the water. When the tank is clean shut the lights off for 2 days. Than polish the water after every water change. Polish for around 2-3 hrs
Pics are backwards but the lower pic is what my tank looked like upper is now. It’s a lot of work at first but once it’s cleaned and water changes weekly it should be good.

 

[Owen88]

I cant afford a water polisher.

 

[86 ssinit]

Ok I hear ya. What kind of filter are you using

 

[Owen88]

Ok I hear ya. What kind of filter are you using

Finnex 24/7 about 8 hrs a day magniflow 220

 

[86 ssinit]

Both good items. Do you have the finnex on at max for 8hrs?
Something I use is this powerhead $15. After a water change put a polishing pad around the outside of the sponge and you have a water polisher. Remove polishing pad after a few hrs soak it in a 5 to 1 bleach solution and the pad will last for a very long time. Leave the filter in the tank all the time and you now have a second filter and better water movement.

 

[appcontrol]

I would like to know do you use co2?

 

[Owen88]

I would like to know do you use co2?

No

 

[appcontrol]

I would like to know do you use co2?

Then mabey long term solution would be adding co2, adding lots of plants and especially fast growing plants soyou get balance in your tank.

 

[Owen88]

Then mabey long term solution would be adding co2, adding lots of plants and especially fast growing plants soyou get balance in your tank.

What are some plants you recommend? Do you know why my sag isnt doing very good im using root tabs

 

[appcontrol]

What are some plants you recommend? Do you know why my sag isnt doing very good im using root tabs

Probably algae eats all nutrients. Do you use fertilization? Remove all alge that you can with brush etc. Ornament dip in some bleach solution, wood get out of tank and use peroxide. Clean your tank very good, wc, gravel vacum etc. Remove dead plants, leafs and other organic stuff. Then buy some plants, i don't know what exactly plant i would recommend but tropica have some like starter bundel or go to local fish store and ask for some begginer fast growing plants or just google it.
I would recommend you to get some kind of co2 in near future that should help.
Other than that siamese algae eater will ear bba but only while they are small when they get adult size they will stop eating it and will be aggressive towards othe fishes so best would be if you can "rent" two of them.