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    UnigirlBelle Posts: 59, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 14, 2013, 02:17 PM
    Green aquarium
    I am not sure what is going on with my aquarium all of a sudden. The water is green, an algae bloom, I think. I haven't been doing anything different that I can think of, it's never been moved from its place in an alcove for the last 6 years. I was told by another site that it was getting too much light but as I say it's never been moved and the light it receives from the window is constant and I only turn the hood light on in the morning to feed them and sometimes in the evenings when it's dark in the house.
    It started a month ago when my Chinese algae eater died and I had to wait two weeks for a store to get more in but was told a pleco would be better because Chinese algae eaters have a tendency to pick on neons which is what my tank consists of, except for a flying fox, I had two but one died.
    I got a new filter thinking it was the problem and it cleared it for a couple of days now it is back to being green again. I have never had this much trouble and don't know what else to do.
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    Jun 14, 2013, 03:11 PM
    Have you tried taking a water sample to a fish store? Most stores will do this for free and can recommend the next step.
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    Jun 14, 2013, 03:58 PM
    No, I know they do that if you have more than one fish death that you buy from them within a week but have never generally asked to test the water.
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    Jun 14, 2013, 05:30 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by UnigirlBelle View Post
    No, I know they do that if you have more than one fish death that you buy from them within a week but have never generally asked to test the water.
    Take a sample in. They will test it for you and tell you how to fix it. It's worth a try.
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    Jun 14, 2013, 08:35 PM
    This has some pretty good information in it:

    How to Control Aquarium Algae


    Also, I have found that plecos are really not the best choice for something to eat algae. A few of the smaller, more common algae eaters available at pet stores work better than plecos.
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    Jun 15, 2013, 03:10 AM
    If I got another Chinese algae eater, would it be compatible with pleco?
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    odinn7 Posts: 7,691, Reputation: 1547
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    Jun 15, 2013, 07:29 AM
    Plecos don't really bother anything except for the fact that they grow large... and I mean LARGE. They are actually nice fish although I have had some that would kind of "push" other fish out of the way... nothing bad though.

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