Algae nightmare: Please help

[DiscusBR]

Im just thing if you do more water changes more frequently it might help......

if he wants to

As I said, daily WCs certainly will "solve" the problem, but I was not willing to work on the maintanence of a display tank on a daily basis. I hope that you will not take that as a refusal to take advice.

[Skip]

As I said, daily WCs certainly will "solve" the problem, but I was not willing to work on the maintanence of a display on a daily basis. I hope that you will not take that as a refusal to take advice.

not at all kind sir

[Chicago Discus]

Do you age your water or straight from the tap? If your water from the tap is ok just use that instead of aging for a few weeks if you can................

[DiscusBR]

not at all kind sir

[DiscusBR]

Do you age your water or straight from the tap? If your water from the tap is ok just use that instead of aging for a few weeks if you can................

I airate and heat the water for 24 hours. I then add Safe just before adding the water to the tank.

[ExReefer]

Two 60% WC's per week on a tank with ADULT discus and few feedings is no problem.

[Chicago Discus]

Try just adding right from the tap with a little safe.....it should work.....

[DiscusBR]

Two 60% WC's per week on a tank with ADULT discus and few feedings is no problem.

Thank you. That is what I thought. I am therefore searching for a solution that does not involve doing WC more frequently than that.

[DiscusBR]

Try just adding right from the tap with a little safe.....it should work.....

Thanks. But what would be the relationship between letting the water age for 24 hrs and brown algae?

[DiscusBR]

One of my original questions remains:

- Is 0.5 mg/l a normal phosphate level or can it be the source of my algae problems?

[Chicago Discus]

Aging with safe and aeration releases all the chlorine gas so I'd don't age and just add safe then tap it gives the chlorine gas a chance to work on bacteria and algae.....

[Chicago Discus]

Aging with safe and aeration releases all the chlorine gas so I'd don't age and just add safe then tap it gives the chlorine gas a chance to work on bacteria and algae.....

Phosphate does stimulate algae but not at that level.......

[DiscusBR]

Aging with safe and aeration releases all the chlorine gas so I'd don't age and just add safe then tap it gives the chlorine gas a chance to work on bacteria and algae.....

Got it. However, I am always terribly afraid of poisoning my discus with chlorine or causing ph swings by not aging the water (learned that here in the forum).

[Chicago Discus]

Honey mine would have been dead years ago......LOL......Josie

[jaykne]

Honey mine would have been dead years ago......LOL......Josie

Josie, he has a valid point your water may be in a safe stable range to do so, however we are all not so lucky. I live in a small town and the amount of chorine gas they put in my water can change from one day to another, if I did water changes straight out of my tap some days would be fine but others will kill, or stress my fish out to much. On top of that the ph comes out of my tap at 7.3 and after aging will settle at 8.5, the ph swing is not to bad but don't like to put the stress on them always leads to problems IMO.