Woohoo I beat my bad algae problem

[rzande1]

I beat it. Jumps up and down* I kept the light off for three weeks and it is almost all gone. Take that algae. Unfortunately as it does it is creating waste that is fully converted to nitrates. So woohoo more water changes. I think the die off is almost done because when it was a major die off my protein skimmer was pulling a constant pool of trash.

 

[florida joe]

Almost all gone is like saying almost pregnant; I think you may just have a handle on it

 

[camfish]

What kind of algae was it?

 

[rzande1]

I had purple, green, brown, and like a black.

 

[nordy]

Congrats! Now,you will really have to stay on top of it or it will just come roaring back if the conditions that allowed it to thrive are not changed. Of course, it will never go completely away, but like Joe said, you may just have it under control, which is good enough in the end!