Algae Question

My plants have been in a bubbleponics container for 12 days. I went to clean and put new water in and found algae on my air stones. I guess im letting in light but thought i had it sealed out . I think i can fix that and not get algae again . My plants look ok to me but i really don't know what to look for. Could i have problems im not aware of?? If so, is there anything i need to do for my plants? thanks for any help!!!

Well if you can get rid of the light leak then you should be OK.

I think algae is a problem just for the fact that it will feed on the nutrients you are trying to give to your plant(s).

Just check your air-stone after a few days and see if the problem continues.

That sounds great, i was afraid that i might have a big problem . However i just read that to high of water temp can cause algae. That could be my problem. I didn't know water temperature being in the 70's could cause algae.

Encomium said:

Well if you can get rid of the light leak then you should be OK.

I think algae is a problem just for the fact that it will feed on the nutrients you are trying to give to your plant(s).

Just check your air-stone after a few days and see if the problem continues.

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Well, higher temps might help algae growth but algae *needs* light to survive so get rid of the light leaks and you'll get rid of the algae. If you run inorganic nutrients you can also use food grade h202 (29-50%) in your rez every 3-4 days to help.

GO get some hydrozyme and stop fucking with it. Oh and cut the light source.

What do your roots look like?

Thanks guys, my roots look good as far as i can tell, they're white and just starting to grow through the starter cubes. I have a light green reservoir, it has color but you can see into it so i totally wrap it in gray duck tape on the outside . the 1st few days i didn't have tops on my netpots, i waited untill the plants got up to about one and half inches before putting the lids on so, thats probably when most of the algae grew.Now i have covered every little crack so maybe it won't come back.