Conquering Aquarium Algae, Is It Easy Or Impossible? 10 Things Algae!

[@KGTropicals]

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[@mishkawild1090]

KGTropicals is it wrong of me to use 5 gallon dispensing punch jars for quarantine different species of fish? They have sponge filters and air pumps in them.

[@jenniferahough4983]

Congrats on play button. Well deserved. Best remedy I have for algae is a scraper and elbow grease 😁

[@erniepianezza8940]

Yep! Me too! I have a tank of goldfish and they love it!! 😀😊🎃

[@piercecowley255]

And magnets

[@salvadorvelasquez6611]

The You Tube award is really from us as hobbyist who/whom are very grateful for your professionalism and your guidance on the hobby that myself and so many other hobbyist (s) are learning from the experiences that you and your colleagues have gone thru and experience that you have encountered, in all I myself thank you JOHN AND LISA 😎😎😎, oh and KG TROPICALS family.

[@Lflower1Stars]

Silver Play Button..looks cool...you should both be proud..for helping all those KZbin Fish People with all your great advices....including myself....love your ten things.!

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thank you 😊

[@magicmasc]

congrats on the silver play button( well deserved ) tip for the black beard algae take ornament out and pour boiling water over them kills everything so maybe do half at a time aka scrape glass one week boil the beard on the ornaments the next aha . it worked for me never came back oh and blacked the tank out for 3 days good luck !!!

[@yoruva1]

Congratulations. This is a well deserved reward for all your hard work. This is validating all your 7 years of hard work were not in vain.

[@karonburton]

My tank developed green algae to the point that I couldn't see through it. So I went to your you tube channel for suggestions. I got the Fritz Algae Cleanout and put it in my tank. It was amazing! It was clear in a few minutes! It was hard to believe. Thanks so much for your info. Keep up the good work!

[@allipatton84]

I could tell throughout this whole video how excited John was! And Lisa's excitement in her voice in the delivery video. So freaking cool, ya'll!! Congratulations!

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thanks so much Alli!

[@NiX_aKi]

Thanks for covering this issue, John and Liza. I hope people will get a new perspective about algae from this. I repect algae because I have a lot of fish that depend on them. Congratulations on the milestone! Keep those fun and educational videos coming! I love you guys!

[@ACAquatics]

Congratulations to you both on the well deserved success. It's so great to have you back and as a fellow hobbyist, KZbinr, and native Virginian I want to thank you for all your hard work. This hobby has literally saved my life from drug and alcohol addiction and I could not have made it without your videos. I was on fish forums in the beginning and almost gave up until I started watching your KZbin channel. Your channel was the first channel I ever subscribed to and is still the best channel in all of KZbin for fishkeeping. I hope you read this and understand that you both are not just talking about fish. You are actually changing people's lives and for that I can't thank you enough because you have helped save mine. Thanks for sharing and as always...Do what you do if it works for you.

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

I'm so happy we've been a positive influence in your life and that we've been able to help you along in this awesome hobby 😊 Thank you for your support and sharing your story ❤

[@michellewanless862]

Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉!!!! You guys are amazing and your videos are great!!! Thanks for everything! Sending good vibes and best wishes from Seattle!

[@WestPhilSea]

Congratulations John to your channel's new milestone! You very much deserve that KZbin recognition play botton. As for the algae topic, as usual the infos you and Lisa shared about it are very useful...let me add also, as a last resort, to control the algae is to use UV light specially if the tank receives a lot of sunlight in a day. I use that in my pond way back then but when i learned that floating and sedentary aquatic plants can do the job and at the same time helps in ammoia elimination, I just made my UV lights as a back-up solution. Thanks again for that great video.

[@hectoribarra00]

Love your videos you and your wife make keep up the great work!!!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@RiverLifeUS]

Every aquarist should watch this. That Silver Play Button looks good on you 👍

[@erickablackwell6020]

Congratulations and thank you for helping this newbie get it right with my fishies right at the start!

[@niqnoskill3482]

Wonderful video. I'm new to the fish keeping hobby and this channel have helped me tons! Thank you so much!!! 👍👍

[@niqnoskill3482]

@FlockOfSeaCows same here I also just got my first tank two months ago just like you. My tank has been going very well all thanks to this KZbin channel. Hope yours is going well too

[@shesellsfish]

Congratulations John and Lisa. That's a big, beautiful, shiny button. And thanks for the algae information. 👍💕👍

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thanks so much Shelby!

[@tommy.32221]

Best pleco you can own. Love the Goldies. Glad to see you and Lisa getting back in the KZbin game.

[@albyvandenbrink4832]

you earnt it, easy to view and easy as to learn .the way you talk about issues .

[@elysestachewicz5625]

So helpful!! Thank you soooo much!! I have three guppy and I ADORE THEM algae started growing and I FREAKED OUT!!!!!

[@benmilner9672]

My plecos are pretty active, constantly working their way around the tank, but they do some pretty epic turds, so I’m not sure if there is a net gain on cleanliness. I have a dozen or so shrimp for fine grazing, and a few loach species for stirring up the substrate. I do weekly 50% water changes, treated with Seachem Prime and salts, plus a good gravel vac and wipe down (takes about an hour). I have my lights on for 12 hours or more per day, and so far algae is pretty minimal; water is always crystal clear; I feed twice per day; the tank is well stocked with no deaths so far. You can also use blue coloured dye to block out some light that algae needs, rather than a chemical treatment.

[@mustafa_gt]

Great day for John n Lisa, congrats on receiving the Silver Play Button award, you totally deserve it! Thanks for making such wonderful videos. Love n support from other part of the world.

[@CJBlack265]

Beautiful button! Looking forward to Thurs. livestream😎 My window is across the room with curtains drawn 95% of the time, but you're right, I still get algae: green spot variety. I finally got enough plants to grow to out-compete most of the other types of algae 💕👍

[@billwnyj]

Congratulations on your award. Thank you for the great videos.

[@s.d.k874]

U deserved that silver play button and informative video once again🤟

[@natalieharoldsen3494]

Congrats on play button, you’re glowing. Another algae deterrent is keeping Hornwort. Hornwort outcompetes algae of nutrients, it also has allelopathic abilities so it can produce chemicals to thwart algae growth.

[@GreatNW]

I have a few things I wanna say. 1. Freshwater algae is in all honesty I lot easier to control and manage that saltwater algae 2. I have several tanks and I love algae in my 75. It's a planted tank and I only clean the front panel for viewing (besides the algae helps hide my filters and wall). But after some math and a ton of time determining species plus a few smaller tests I have found that not only is my 75 more stable but can be stretched 4 months for water changes with no ill effects and 4 months 2 ish weeks before I can register ammonia (no fish were harmed in this testing). 3. For green water algae I always suggest a uv sterilizer and just turn it on as needed. 4. NEVER BUY A CLOWN PLECO FOR ALGAE CONTROL. 5.snails are slow and may not work. 6.algae from Costco tastes amazing but aquarium algae dosnt. 7. Otocincleus are the best algae cleaners ever. Female albino bristle nose plecos second. 8.Brown and redish algae are not related to specific water. From what I have observed weirdly enough it seems for me that my declorinator effects my algae a lot (no it dosnt remove algae or ammonia) 9. Apparently fish and wildlife don't like it when people transplant algae in thier tanks 10. Congrats on 100,000 subs. Finally PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME I have 2 saltwater tanks with algae out of control and have tried everything

[@jenniferlong5144]

Congratulations Lisa and John, you guys are great and deserve everything that comes your way. Nice plaque fro your new fish room!!

[@slimewithanimallove2462]

I got my first 10 gallon tank about a month or two ago. Just in about 2 days white algae started to grow on my hideouts. I went and got two less than 1 inch at the time corydoras and they had them cleaned in about 3 days. So I HAD to start feeding them algae wafers lol

[@chrisrenfro1789]

I have been watching you guys for about 2 weeks. Let me tell you, I thought I knew about the hobby but now I know I have no idea. I'm so excited about setting up my new tank and taking care of it correctly. Thanks so much for all the information!

[@debbiemcwilliams2789]

Glad I found you guys.... did not know what in the heck I was doing when I was charged with babysitting an Oscar and Jack Dempsey for my daughter....y'all literally saved those from a certain death....my daughter didn't know what she was doing either....I've ended up getting a huge acrylic tank for them... they were housed in a 35 gallon... certain death....lots of $$$$ later they are thriving

[@MitchM318]

I had an outbreak of beard algae so went out and got myself a siamese algae eater, it's completely solved the problem and turns out it's an awesome fun fish too

[@HarrisonCountyStudio]

As the Chinese algae eater grows in size, it’s propensity for algae lessons. They can even seem aggressive at full size around peaceful community fish.

[@MitchM318]

@@HarrisonCountyStudio check out my tank set up video on my channel you can see my algae eater on it. Maybe you could let me know if it's full size?

[@corzahazard444]

Congratulations on getting the silver button, I'm sure the deliverer was pretty stoked that you opened it in front of him. Keep it up guys, I love your format.

[@Damodar133]

Hey guys.. Please do a short video on black beard algae and remidies for the same also.. 😉😉Thank you 🙏

[@williamwinters5539]

Congrats John and Lisa. I feel I have been waiting too since I been watching and learning since you started.

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thank you for supporting us all these years ❤

[@billrowlett4676]

Congrats again on the silver play button. Well deserved. You have one of my favorite fish channels. Please keep it up and maybe call the videos from the fish room a flog (fish log) LOL

[@kariemabus8406]

Congrats KG Tropicals! Thank you for all your amazing videos and sharing with us your passion and knowledge for this awesome hobby! Well deserved!!! ❤

[@fannyarthur3229]

Congratulations on your sliver play! Love your videos.

[@Benjamin0119]

Congrats on the Silver Play Button! Make the black beard algae video please! I've got an outbreak of that nasty stuff again!

[@jaybird8192]

Scraper and a lot of elbow grease! Make sure you get the proper scraper/pad depending on your tank (Acrylic or glass) As Lisa stated: "Black beard algae is evil!" Had that in one of my aquariums once, and it took much scraping with some force! I actually got rid of a couple of ornaments that had them attached! Good luck to you!

[@metroidfn4572]

So happy for you man for that play button congratz

[@johnbrazell2433]

Congratulations on the Silver Play Button

[@mandycrago]

Im so happy your channel is doing so well. I love your delivery of information and I have learned a lot. Thank you for your inspiration🤓🦋

[@dennyclose6635]

This video couldnt have came at a better time! Thanks John and Lisa! Grats on that play button!!!

[@tarakayodha1346]

Congratulation on your achievement and thanks for all your videos. very helpful and keep it up!

[@timshafer4228]

You have taught me alot I'm starting a cichlid tank and mostly preciate it

[@wargod36g]

Congratulations on your award. Keep doing amazing videos. They are very insightful and entertaining.

[@MegaGwizzy]

Hey I love your videos! Congrats on the silver play button! I've been into the fish keeping hobby since I was a small child. I am 22 years old now. I want to say thank you for making videos like these. Even tho I may know the basics of fish keeping I love being able to watching your videos. I am always looking forward to learning someone else's perspective. For I am always looking forward to seeing what I may or may not already know. I've been able to learn a lot through your videos.

[@johnglenham4099]

Another great video learn a lot about fish keeping but in a fun way.keep it going.

[@josiereyna864]

Congratulations!! I enjoy watching you and Lisa I have started on my first aquarium and now have a second tank 😂 thank you both!!!

[@chrisgroves5236]

So many congratulations on receiving the Silver Play Button! Well deserved

[@ashleybenson8688]

For fry tanks i keep the lights on for 12 hours because i was told they needed more light, but it started a tiny algae bloom that doesn't bother me even slightly. Its never gotten worse because i time the lighting i think. I think it makes the tank look more....homey for the fish.

[@deckardsholloween6990]

yay congrats guys!!! im a beginner at building up my fishtank anf watching your vids helped me alot!😻😻😻love from the philippines❤❤❤

[@elizabethpolyak4522]

Congratulations...you earned it and most certainly deserve it!!!

[@wyomingadventures]

Congratulations on the Silver play button! You guys deserve it. ❤🐠🤗

[@zennyfieldster4220]

I have a 5 gallon Betta tank with brown diatom algae growing all over my rocky bottom and decoratives. I’ve been battling it for a month now by washing everything only to have it appear fully on everything a week later. It’s across the room from a wall full of windows facing south. My last stand is to get some otos but their minimum tank requirement is 10 gallon.

[@deedeedamnit406]

Love your videos and they have helped me a great deal on my aquatic journey. Congrats on the silver play button! Well deserved.

[@brazeification2]

I strive for algae in my aquariums to me that helps me know that I’m doing it right. Not to mention I think it gives the environment a more natural look, just my opinion.

[@martisl9652]

I think one of the reason why most of us get so freaked out about algae is because we re constantly being told that were having this "problem" because we re doing something wrong or being lazy. Im trying really hard to relax about that now.. Its hard, tho. :/

[@brazeification2]

LiliS oh trust me I completely understand where you’re coming from, haha my favorite thing to do when someone looks at one of my tanks that’s filled with algae and asks why it’s so dirty I bring them over lift up the lids and tell them to take a look and when they see how clear my water is they pretty much get blown away.. algae is good, dirty tank water is bad.

[@martisl9652]

@@brazeification2 Clean water: check. Zero algae check. Like i said, ive been super anal about it.Sigh! I need to take a breathe and just chill the fck out! lol

[@marianne3024]

Relatable.

[@Nomadistar]

If one wants shrimpys & shrimplets I am told one can never have enough of it as well as biofilm.

[@toddsnake2137]

Great Video! Congrats on the Silver Play Button!!!!

[@caewalker9276]

Yay, it finally arrived. Congrats guys.

[@Wetsleevesagain]

Some people seem to be scared to take things out of the tank to clean. If that rock or wood has too much algae on it, scrub it off under a tap. Also it’s a good excuse to do some rearranging. Freshing things up a bit

[@gazyg1973]

Well done guys you’s deserve it 👍🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🦈🐋

[@unionjackjohn]

This was a year ago and since then you're over triple the subscribers. Congratulations

[@shellydurham3277]

Congratulations!!! Keep up the great work I love your videos they are very informative!

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thank you Shelly 😊

[@MT-jf1tn]

Congrats! I hope it transfer to a 1 million soon!

[@eliskaelisabeth7422]

I like this new line of videos. Hilarious while informative!

[@sunnycal2293]

Congratulations both of you on your silver play button. That's awesome 🎉

[@dawndare3949]

Biggest Congratulations!

[@brandonhuisman4351]

I put a bristlenose pleco in my pea puffer tank to clean up algae. It worked. But in 2 days the bottom was covered in poop. I’ll clean algae instead of the poop lol

[@jackr.4953]

I just started another tank and it's my first one with capped soil substrate. It's just a 10 gallon betta tank with an awesome light and man, the algae has gone nuts! Especially the hair algae. Unfortunately, giving it time to settle is the best thing I can do. In the meantime, lowered lighting time, nerites, water changes and a hand full of shrimp are helping out.

[@Skysmeller1]

Congrats that Silver Plaque is really nice! Must feel good to hang that on the wall!

[@mbaker1295]

Congrats on 100k!

[@naegwut]

Congratulations! I appreciate your information and great editing.

[@demeo50]

great videos well deserved for your award. thanks for your in fish keeping. JD

[@echoesvayne9790]

I always leave some. Pull some... and it depends on the tank... my fiddler crab gets algae on the glass but nowhere else (well it does but they mow it down, even blackbeard)... my 20 gallon display tank gets hair algae in some pockets and some on the glass, but my sparkling gourami nibble on it and so do the snails so I usually just have to scrape glass and pull a handful a week... my 10 gallon quarantine tank has a philodendron growing out the top and water lettuce in it with some dwarf sag. Chain sword and val. And some crypts... basically overplanted and understocked with just guppies to keep the sponge cycled... no algae at all even being next to a window. And my summer tub had lots of algae, but only in the section I keep open for viewing the heavily planted side has very little. I actually "clean" the algae off the roots of the floating plants by rotating the plants at the front of the open section to the back and moving the next row forward each week. Every time I move a hyacinth or water lettuce forward no algae on those roots. So either the shade and nutrient competition is getting it or the medaka are

[@echoesvayne9790]

The summer tub is actually worrying me because currently there is no algae so now I am fertilizing the heck out of it, but I only made that observation a few days ago so I am hoping I can get the algae coming back for the baby rice fish

[@kramtwilight]

COngratulations! more power to this channel!

[@Msibme]

Congratulations on the Silver Play Button ... thank you for this info ..I would have appreciated seeing the algae you were speaking about ... I think I have blue green algae and may have had the long hair algae ... but I am not sure ... I did learn I need to do more water changes ... but I am wondering if my salt lamp is contribution to the issue ... it seems most concentrated where that light is . I just started watching your videos that have been very informative and helpful ... thank you for your efforts

[@naderz4064]

congratz on the 100k subs thats awesome!!

[@jackiemoore9095]

I love the green algae on my rock and mangroves. That’s why I don’t keep bristlenose Plecos anymore

[@johnhooper7059]

Congratulations on the silver play button. Keep up the good work

[@rootsnwhiskers8351]

Thank you 😊

[@johnhooper7059]

Your welcome Lisa

[@AlexanderKonig2577]

My first aquarium and have watched so many of your informative, full of valuable content videos and learned a ton!!! You guys are son fun to watch, I really enjoy the tone, the subtle jokes... really nice! Thank you thank you so much and keep it interesting and fresh. Congrats on your 100k subscribers!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@JoseFernandez-bq7jj]

Very informative and helpful video. Keep them coming!🙏

[@RogueAquariums]

Congrats to you both on achieving 100 K subscribers. That in itself is something to be very proud of

[@MerkDolf]

I use to have a tank with one end facing a window and I just let the algae grow, it stopped the rest of the tank from getting a lot more direct sunlight. Have y'all used Algae scrubbers sounds good theoretically.

[@toddratson7526]

Truly well deserved. Well done!

[@keneshajohnson2711]

Congrats on the play button

[@TheGuardianFid]

Congrats John and Lisa!🤓👍

[@melissawalsh7739]

I had to use the API AlgaeFix 3 days ago. I had green water algae and it worked amazing.

[@rachaelaynsley2742]

Congratulations on reaching 100K subscribers!!! Great video as usual.

[@millapus88]

Congrats on that silver play button😁😁 Well done🤗

[@kotic7908]

looks like a diy acrilic case to put that silver play button in your tank -- an ps. keep the algie off it

[@anzar007]

Congo dude...so happy for you...keep the good work up!!

[@banorful]

a little late but grats on the silver play button! Honestly I enjoy some algea in my tank. It's natural and it improves the quality of the water. As long as it is not out of control it can look quite nice in your display.

[@chriswyf2011]

Congratulations you guys are great!

[@erniepianezza8940]

Great vid john/lisa! Congrats on yr 100,000 subs!! 😀😊💙

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

Almost 3 years later and 415,000 subscribers. Legit channel.

[@ianroldan1080]

The FedEx clip is super cool! Congrats!

[@Tobias611]

Had a bad cyanobacteria problem with good water and high maintainance (vacuuming the sand/gravel daily due to the bacteria covering it all up over night) and 50% water changes once a week on a 75g planted aquarium. My guess was excess plant fertilizer that wasn't being utilized by the plants due to a lack of co2. Bought a co 2 system 2 weeks ago, didn't fertilize anymore. The plants started to bubble, a lovely sight, and the cyanobacteria declined over the last few days. An algae problem isnt fixed in a day. It takes time to get rid of it if you can figure out what caused it, sometimes just doing standard maintainance and waiting a few weeks works wonders too...

[@bigpuffbubbles]

Congratulations on your new play button guys!

[@Digital_504]

CONGRATS!!!!!

[@switchboard1551]

When I was little, I had a small 10 gallon tank. Whenever there was a lot algae on the glass, my mom would buy some baby algae eating fish to take care of it. She didn't really care about them, and let them die when they were out of algae to eat. She just cared that I was happy with the fish I had in there. I complained when algae got all over the glass. When I was little, I can't say I cared to much about those algae eating fish either. Looking back now, I feel bad for those fish.