stimpy29

my tank has been set up for about a month now and im getting brown algae on the stones and front of the tank , has the tank not cycled long enough? it has about 15 plants , lights are on a timer and get 12 hours a day. it just under 4ft and hold 250 litres , and has 5 rummy noses , 6 zebra danios and a couple of 1cm bistlenoses and 2 leopard corys. i have 1 inch of dalton aquria mix followed by 1/2" of propergating sand and them friut salad stone on top , my plants are growing well and the glosso is spreading out about 5mm a day from some of the shoots. is it a case of letting it cycle more ? cut down lighting? increase lighting?

i have brought from tankgirl3 and petplanet thru trade me and both were excellent

thanks for your advice

good point , but wouldnt the same thing happen with polystene ? if it got too wet wouldnt it fall to bits?

im just setting up my 4ft tank and was wondering if you could use carpet under your tank instead of polystyene ? has any one else done this? is there any other fishy people in taranaki?

there is no bunnings here , what about mitre 10 , red shed ? thanks for a quick reply

im a newbie as well and im going do the planted tank as well , where do you buy daltons sand?