SamH Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Are you at all concerned about the brown algae and possible cyano? Looks like a bit too much lighting and too few waterchanges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 What's cyano? And not concerned at the brown algae, its only building up on the intake chamber so it hasn't worried me at this stage. From what I understand all planted tanks go through a stage where algae builds up until it settles and becomes established. 50% WC every Monday and 8 1/2 hours light a day. Sounds about what should be happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Blue green algae, it smells like old socks. It's hard to tell from the picture but it looks like there's some against the front glass under the sand. Yes you're right, the early brown algae phase is something I've had to deal with time and time again, keep up the water changes. 8.5 is a lot for a new tank, I usually start on 6 and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 MMMM old socks. LOL. I haven't smelt that yet, I will have a closer look when I get home later at the sand you were talking of. I started on 7.5 hours and went up too 8.5 about a week or so ago. So far so good, at this stage. I wasn't sure if I was giving enough hours with the amount of ferts that's why I went up the extra hour and the plants seemed to be growing rather fast so I thought they were getting close to being established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I had a look and there is a layer of green in the front of the sand. How do I counter it? Is my fert schedule to much, lights to high, not enough C02? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Feeding the fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 maybe you should run a video competition - last time the theme was feeding frenzy, must be about time to do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Smart thinking :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 The next battle has now begun: I have now increased my potasium nitrate to counter the BGA, decreased my phosphate, added new bulbs and tubes and decreased lights to 6 hours a day, increased WC to two 50-60% per week, and am about to add a heap of polysperma to try and suck some nutriants. The plants are pearling like mad for the first time in this tank, the staghorn seems to have subsided but the BGA remains for now, Brown algae seems to have increased since the lights were replaced as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Get some indian fern floating on top bro, will help suck up those extra nutrients really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Will it become a pain in the bum to remove once it has done its job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Nope that's why I recommended indian fern and not duck weed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Haha, sweet that was EXACTLY what I was thinking as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnadian Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I actually quite like the look of duckweed in my planted tank. Not too hard to remove if you want, just use a net, would take 1 min tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insectile Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Lookin' mint bro! What fish have you got in there now? I think I can see an otto, aswell as the lemons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Haha, you will not be saying that when I put up a video and you play spot the algae. There is around 15 Ottos, 70 Lemons and the Zebras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Time to play spot the algae. If anyone can name them all please do, this way I can try and over come it. ( I am starting to get frustrated with this tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 15 otos! Better make sure you keep producing diatoms to keep them all fed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Growing Algae is not an issue for me at the moement, removing it is. They are the only aglae eating fish in there so it should be sustainable with some veg thrown in and some pellets as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 I have a flower :happy1: :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I am starting to get sick of my layout. If I pull out all the plants and start again, will that mean I will go through the NTS and brown algae period etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnadian Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 If you don't disturb your substrate too much, and keep your filtration submerged, you shouldn't have much of re-cycle at all. At most, you will just have a lot of suspended crap in your tank for a while, which has been picked up when rearranging and disturbing the substrate/rocks/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Excellent, I will try not to pull up to much sand. What is the most plant friendly loach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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