algea problems

[drw94]

I just moved my plants and fish from my 29 gallon to a new 60 gallon tank. Over the last few weeks the algea has gone crazy. The water is green and I have what appears to be rhodophyta algea.. Here are the tanks specs 60 gallon with 192 watt pc 6700K bulbs. CO2 system and a cannister filter. I have 2 angels, 3 corys, 6 red nose tetras, 5 neon tetras, 1 bristle nose pleco, 4 otos, 2 siameses, and 1 molly. I dose trace and NPK. the gravel is flourite. i have no idea what is causeing the algea blooms or how to control it. ANY IDEAS would help me alot. This freshwater tank is more challenging to keep than any SPS saltwater tank I have ever had. Please Help

Thank you

[tabwyo]

Did you move the substrate as well?? If so this could be the culprit. Stirring up substrate releases nutrients into the water.

[1kidd]

I've got a 150 african tank that had a problem like that i fixed it with a uv ster. that was 4 yrs. ago clear ever since

[Stang69]

Could be like said above ya have released alot of Yucko in the water I would do more water changes and vac the bottom but not to much bust the top inch to inch and a half.


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Jeff

[bigdaddyTank]

Have you tried dosing Excel? I use it to kill the hair algae problem I had. Some recomend 4x or 5x listed dose but I just double dose and it started to die off in a couple day's. Anothing thing you can try is adding a bunch of stem plants .