breakaway Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Hi, My tank was looking awesome a week ago, but now the plants have gone kind of dark green, and are very unsightly to look at. Everything else seems fine and the fish are feeding fine and stuff. When I rub the leaves of the plants, the crud scratches off to reveal good looking green leaves. Also theres algae on my heater and on my tank walls. The algae is brownish in colour, and some patches of light green. If I increase the amount of plants, will this stop the algae from growing ? Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 sounds like you need some algae eaters i had the same problem bout a mont ago till i got a few algae eaters, with in two days the tank was spotless heck they even clean the plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Yep I have to agree, I have B/N's in all my tanks, and I never clean algae. Now I am overrun with them, the b/N's that is.........they are breeding really well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 sounds like you need some algae eaters i had the same problem bout a mont ago till i got a few algae eaters, with in two days the tank was spotless heck they even clean the plants! One of my friends say that the algae eaters wont hesistate to attach themselves to my gourami and start eating it alive ? Is this true ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 When you are suggested "an algae eater" for you tank. No one means the CAE, a fish that isn't really good at eating algae anyway. Oh! CAE = Chinese Algae Eater. Don't go for them. They may be cheep but you'll regret it, and wished you'd listened to us. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yes Sir I wont be getting any CAEs. Only normal Algae Eaters for me, thanx for the advice guys it is appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 a b/n will do a great job, start with one but get a small one, the smaller he is the more he will have to eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted June 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 How big do they get ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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