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cocoa_pleco
03-02-2007, 09:41 PM
JEEZ. i go away to my summerhome for 40 hours, and this happens.

My 10g high cichlid tank suddenly gets a algae party, and the whole glass part is covered with algae. My salt tank has every color of algae too, brown, red, and green. Its like a fiesta of algae. All within 40 hours.

No fish or anything died while i was gone, so thats good.

Im going to get a betta for my 2.5g now to fill it up and have something new to watch.

I also went to a wal-mart at a small town by my summerhome, and theyre not getting rid of the fish soon.
Absolutely stocked with died fish, TONS OF THEM. The neon tetras were died black, and there were died blackskirts and corys. shameful.

I remember ONE walmart i was at had GREAT tanks, and the fish had gravel and plants that were actually secured and the fish were healthy.

Now, back to the algae scrape-a-thon

Chrona
03-02-2007, 09:45 PM
What'd you leave the lights on or something? lol

cocoa_pleco
03-02-2007, 09:47 PM
i turned my 20g lights off, but forgot the 10g FW and 10g SW. DAM

Severus
03-02-2007, 10:54 PM
THeres your answer. I was thinking no way could that much algea come up in 40hrs without any help!

Chrona
03-02-2007, 11:10 PM
The fish must be tired. I can't even stay up for 40 hours :)

cocoa_pleco
03-03-2007, 12:00 AM
i cant believe the timers on the tank didnt work. dangit

freshwaterfishlover
03-03-2007, 02:32 AM
I went away once for a week. I left the light off. When I came back my 29 Gallon was sparkling clean. Could not find any algae. If you had turned the lights off you would of been very happy.

cocoa_pleco
03-03-2007, 02:34 AM
ive NEVER had algae ever except in my old 10g SW tank.