bacteria blooms,can they be avoided?

[timi hendrix]

my tank has been around for yrs,last week my tank went through some kind of a bacteria bloom.all i added prior was 5 turbos and some macro algae.is there a way i can avoid this from happening again.it still isnt completely clear yet.but its getting there.how can i avoid this from happening again.thank you for ur replys.

[Gandolfe]

I had a hair algae problem but I started using the vodka dosing method(search here for it) and within a few days my algae is gone and my nitrates went from close to 100 down to less than 20 in 2 weeks. I stopped for a week and the algae came back so i started adding the vodka again and in two days it's almost all gone again. just make sure you use the formula for figuring out how much vodka to use(like i said search for vodka dosing method on here). Just a temp fix but when i switch to a larger tank the new set up i am build ing will address the issues that caused the high nitrate and phosphates in the first place

[jimmyj7090]

Originally Posted by timi hendrix

my tank has been around for yrs,last week my tank went through some kind of a bacteria bloom.all i added prior was 5 turbos and some macro algae.is there a way i can avoid this from happening again.it still isnt completely clear yet.but its getting there.how can i avoid this from happening again.thank you for ur replys.

What happened, what did you see?

[timi hendrix]

my tank went cloudy within a couple of days.also my maxima clam around 6 inches seem to die at the time.and in the sump area,it looked like spit around the skimmer.right now my xenia are alittle shrunk.is it possible i have some amonnia going on.