How To PREVENT Algae In Your Aquarium

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[JoshV]

Great video. Pro Tip: If you don't have plants add plants, KG topicals will send you beginner friendly ones that will work with most fish and setups. If you have plants and still get more algae than you are comfortable with, add more plants.

[PediatricsVolunteer]

This guy's been helping me on this 9 year aquarium journey. He strikes again, algae bad.

[Lumpydog]

In an unplanted aquarium, controlled algae is one of the most helpful things you can have. Allow algae to grow on something in the aquarium and it will help keep it off the glass.

[curtiscrump]

Good reminder. I need to dial back how long my lights are one. With the algae crew, scrapper, and water changes this should help get it under control.

[phalbaby]

I'm glad you presented this video. I found it out on my own. My 5 gallon biorb caused algae because of the light. I keep the light off and the algae went away. Now my biorb looks crystal clean. I just use my desktop light that doesn't cause algae.

[Brensters]

Oh you are soooo right about the light!

[HapiPETSWM]

This is a great video! I got lots of fish to take care of those heavy loads but for sure knowing that lights and over feeding is big contributor to algae is worth knowing! Especially black hair algae that grows because of too much nutrients! It could take a life time to learn that so passing it along is worth knowing easy! Loved this video! Stay happy and healthy my friends!

[drewsta]

Thank you for this video!! I needed it. My 55 is suffering with black hair and green algae! This was great!!

[plushpossum]

OMG!!! You inserted a clip from “The ‘Burbs”!!!! One of my all time favorites!!! And one of the best clips!!! 😂❤😂❤😊😊😊

[jamiehancock]

I hope you've had a happy Father's Day and Birthday also! I'm right behind you 49 on the 20th 😅 thank you for all your videos with insightful and interesting content!!!

[zacharnold]

I love the way u do thing John an Lisa I've bought plants from you guys an those plants are doing the best in the tank u guy are the king an queen of the hobby I think keep up the good work an I look forward to whatever yall do next

[dorianthegrey]

A trick I figured out to help reduce direct sunlight into my aquarium, because curtains alone wasn't cutting it, was to take a thick piece of poster paper and cut it to the same size as my aquarium before taping it to the back with some packing tape. Is it glamorous or high end? Not really, but it works and it was like $1.30 in materials. Plus no one looks at the back anyway so all anyone really sees is a clean white backdrop contrasting against my green plants and red critters (red halfmoon betta with a magenta iridescence, reddish ramshorn snails, and cherry shrimp). It also made it easier to tell how dark the water was getting from the tannin levels!

[Starship]

My tanks have ALGAE SCRUBBERS in my sump. It encourages growth there vs tank. I also use UV sterilizers to keep algae out of water column. Bulk reef supply performs many objective testing of things they sell. Scrubbers work. You can also DIY or buy a fancy manufactured one. Saltwater hobbyists seem to be more on the cutting edge of fish keeping. Love all the toys to help maintain the tank. Enjoying your tanks more vs actual maintenance

[TruthLivesNow]

John, you mentioned Fluval, and I wanted to share my experience with Fluval. I just moved, and put up a Fluval Flex 9 in April, I also have a 15 and have not set that up yet. I only put a nice Betta and 5 Black Skirts in the Flex 9, and the algae grew like crazy the first 2 weeks. I cleaned up the tank. What I did was change the lighting from white light to yellow and sometimes orange, and the algae went away, and the plants are growing perfectly. Just interesting to me! I don't use the storm...LOL!...I don't want my fish to get epilepsy!

[tomaszjawskistudio]

I have 3 fish tanks and no algae at all. I have nerite snails in each tank, they are doing an amazing job, and I keep my light on from 1pm to 10 pm, thanks for your video, great info about lights

[noisyaquatics]

Absolutely valid points my man!! awesome video like always ❤️

[lexxwhite]

Timers are key for the lights in my opinion. We have every tank light on a timer for the benefit of our plants, and some of the tanks even have sides blacked out if they're facing a window or one of our lights for our houseplants. It's taken a while to get the routine down, but 9 tanks relatively algae-free is worth the 2 hours a week of maintenance and work.

[mitchelpinion]

Every situation is a little different. I am retired and I have my lights on two aquariums set to come on at 10:00 am and go off at 9:00 pm. I probably overfeed. Still I have no significant algae problem. In my case I have lots of plants (some of which were bought form you), plenty of biological filtration, snails, a bushy nosed pleco in one aquarium and lots of shrimp in the other. The aquariums are moderately stocked with community fish. I got here by adjusting things over a period of years. I also don't count on things staying the same. Future adjustments will probably be needed. In any case I enjoy your channel. Keep the information flowing.

[Monkey_pops_balloons]

"fish dont care abt the lights" last night I was just hanging out in my room with the aquarium late on. This was from 11pm-3am and my catfish only moved once for a few seconds. note i was sitting on my bed so it wasn't vibrations interfering. but as soon as I turned the light off and took out my phone flashlight, my catfish turned on cruise control and was steadily swimming around and looking for food. With most fish ive kept, I agree that fish don't care. but specifically bullhead catfish do seem to care a little. other catfish ive kept, don't really care too much! Overall, great video John!

[jporterz]

My non planted 29 gallon tank had a nasty algae bloom. It wasn't on the glass and decor and gravel, but in the water. I bought a internal UV filter. One week later and it is SUPER clear! I did also use some filter floss (poly fill) and SeaChem Clarity to help.