Brookey25 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hey everyone, I've recently established my 75 litre tank with about 5 different type of coldwater plants, and it looks amazing. I have one 3 year old fantail in the tank on his own. I'm waiting for him to get settled in his new home before I add a friend. I only plan on keeping 2 fish. At first, while the cuttings were taking, the PH seemed to be a bit high - 8.. now, over the past week.. it's changed to 6.4. I'm really not sure why this is. The only change is that the water suddenly went murky over the week and algae started growing on the walls... it was almost completely covering the tank. I cleaned this off with a scraper, syphoned the rocks and did a 50% water change.. (as after scraping the algae.. it was all floating around in the water)... it was clear at first.. but by the next day.. the water had gone cloudy again. I've never actually had problems with algae when keeping fish in the past.. although I've never had such a huge plantlife either... never had much luck keeping plants previously. If you have any idea what caused the sudden algae outbreak.. let me know. I have the tank lights on about 10 hours a day.. and the plant cuttings took off like crazy immediately. I'm aware that the PH is much too acidic for a fantail.. but want to know how I could take this down NATURALLY.. as this fish I adopted from a sick tank, has been chemically treated all his life. Is the Wunder Tonic Algae Remover gentle on fish? Can you use natural mineral salts to bring UP the PH? Thanks for your help everyone - much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 algae going nuts, bacterial blooms (cloudy water) and general instability are all very common with recently set-up tanks. Also, does your new tank have a light and your old tank not? Algae is more common in lit tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookey25 Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Stella, I used to have an AquaOne 380 with different fish a few years back. I never really used the lights.. only about an average of 1 hour every 2 days. But I wasn't aware of how important the lights were for the plants back then... and as a result, the cuttings I'd bought never actually TOOK. So yeah, this is a newly established tank with plantlife going crazy! It looks fantastic.. shame about the murky algae though. Good news is.. the fish has never looked better He seems really relaxed and happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggyvir Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 perhaps get a UV light filter? it works quite nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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