whiterose
Member
I have heard and many people state that they rarely do water changes. I am wondering how you keep the appropriate water parameters considering that phosphates are not taken out of the water on a regular basis thereby increasing the nitrates in the tank that cause problems such as red slime or green algae, not to mention other problems that are likely to occur.
Right now I have a serious green hair algae problem and the more I try to correct the problem, the more algae I get. I was told not to change the water so often (I am doing a water change of 10% to 20%, depending on how much algae I have to remove) because I am giving the algae more oxygen to breed creating even more algae.
Since I have done everything I know to relieve the algae problem, I am beginning to think maybe I should try to leave the water alone, if I can stand it, and see what happens.
Any advice?
Right now I have a serious green hair algae problem and the more I try to correct the problem, the more algae I get. I was told not to change the water so often (I am doing a water change of 10% to 20%, depending on how much algae I have to remove) because I am giving the algae more oxygen to breed creating even more algae.
Since I have done everything I know to relieve the algae problem, I am beginning to think maybe I should try to leave the water alone, if I can stand it, and see what happens.
Any advice?