I have a (non-planted) tank with a couple of full grown bichirs in there and a delivery man went: omg is that a crocodile? 😂 He must've seen them surface to breathe air haha
I friggin LOVE your channel! Since I've started looking into getting myself a tropical fish tank, I've watched so many of your videos and you have so much helpful information AND you explain things in such a way that it's easy to understand. Thank you SO much! xx
I've got black beard algea growing at the top of my tank on the wood. I thought about getting rid of it but it catches debris and my platty fry can grab a little snack every once in a while.
I always have a thin dusting of algae on my plants and the glass 🤷♀️ I really wanted to upgrade to the fluval plant 3.0 light but this week has been full of vet bills, and it’s only Tuesday.... suddenly the light on my tank doesn’t seem so important lol
@@rawegg8880 if there is nothing in the tank that eats biofilm, such as snail, then it is absolutely normal that stones and older plant leaves are covered with it. Any river stream and even the cleanest lakes have a biofilm.
@ Raw Egg It really is. I have yet to see any bodies tank with zero algae. Its a single celled and extremely simple plant that will grow in the most hostile and ideal environments. I mean unless you only keep bleach in your fish tank, you will have some level and some type of algae.
Thanks! I got a new bright LED light for my 125G and have been battling algae ever since. I had never battled it before with my older lights. I’ll cut the hours significantly via timers to see if that helps.
I made the mistake of using API algae treatment. It said that it was safe to use with fish in the tank. I was very careful to measure the right amount. It killed 5 of my cory catfish.
Ha too much light! I have a tank that’s part of a indoor garden system and my entire dining room is the sun on 10 with so many other indoor gardens 😂 I wish it was big enough for all this other fun stuff. Never thought I would want to have fish :) this little tank got me hooked!
Know what you mean about tank having algae....I finally got plants that are growing without CO2 ...so I guess my tank is somewhat balance...which is hard to achieve....thanks for your vid...love them.
I too have plants growing without using a CO2 Defuser. I have good circulating Oxygen and filtration, and I run an air stone that's all. and of course lighting.
Got a new tank, and made the mistake of adding fish too early (all of my fish have survived and seem happy so i feel accomplished) so after battling ammonia and changung water every day, sometimes 2x a day, it finally stabalized. Not ling after tho i started getting alot of algea lol a bunch of little 2 inch fish takes more maintenance then a dog or cat
Hey, Cory. Can you do a video on how to tell if something will be safe long-term (for fish, inverts, and plants) in a tank? Like, if I have a toy or something that's not specifically made to be aquarium décor, how do I know it won't leach anything into the water? Or are there things a home aquarist can do to make them safe?
Great info & video thanks!! I been trying some different plants in different tanks & substrates etc & just waiting for a couple plants to come back in yo place my next order.
thanks for the videos, your my new pastime. im a oldtimer who recently got back into the hobby. i forgot about this hobby being a bottomless pitt$$$$ thanks for helping with that cory and crew Hartford, Wisconsin
I have snails and live plants and amano and cherry shrimp, but still algae on my glass... I have a fluval aquasky that I've been keeping on blue all night. I'll change that habit tonight and see if it has any effect. Thanks!
Thank you for talking about the blue lights at night I have purple moonlight LEDs because my fish just had their fry hatch and I was helping them “see” what they were doing because it’s their first clutch. Tank is also a month old so I guess two things kind of added to the algae bloom on the glass. Also the tank is in a sunny room but not in indirect light so I’m assuming it’s getting some UV bouncing off the carpet into the tank.
@@johnny1upz my two nerite snails escaped... Fortunately I was able to find them before they died, not sure how long they were out. One got pretty far before curling back into its shell; found it on the shelf below the tank! That one had been out for many hours at least.
I like some types of algae and grow them intentionally. That said you don't always get what you want but at times you get what you need. I couldn't keep Otocinclus without it.
Hey Cory. My growing fishroom has a double edged sword that is working pretty well, though it is a bit of a hmmmm I want to say crap shoot but I am getting it figured out. My room is a subterranean basement. It is totally finished, but no natural light. So I bought plants that were "easy," or did not need the sun in the same room. So I almost aspire to have Algea, just so I know I have enough light. Bentley Pascoe has been helpful and do far my plants are growing well, with no Algea!! I put one of those tabs on the glass and my Mystery snails do Mach 3 to get there. Hoping I can keep this balance. As usual thanks Cory.
I seem to have cycled through a bunch of different kinds of algae. As soon as I fix one kind, another pops up. Right now it's a green soft algae, I believe green dust. Most accounts of it talk about it growin gon the glass, but this stuff is actually growing more on the plants than the glass, and it doesn't just wipe off as easily off plant leaves as it does glass. I'm almost ready to do a blackout...
Hey Cory! Great video! 2 questions..1) I have algea on my plants in my 75g. I have cut back my lights a few weeks ago ..now about 12 hours. I will cut back to 10. I have the fluval 3.0 I got from you. Love it. Do you have a recommendation for what to set each Spectrum for? I have snails, Otis, plecos, and guppies and swords and rams and cory cats in this tank. 2) Isn't some algea a good thing? Just as long as your glass isn't covered on 4 sides and your water green? When I look at a tank if I see some algea I don't think it's always bad....but should I?
I can't say that I agree with "plants can't see" blue light. Blue light is what chlorophyll 'a' absorbs. Chlorophyll 'a' is the primary chlorophyll found in plants. It is also in algae. I do agree, however, that having lights on all night isn't a good idea.
I have a hard water ..my best solution for hair algae is dosing h2o2 (safe for moss, shrimp and snails just don't overdose) no need for a blackout..then for the other types of algae, scraping/wiping then a water change is usually the best way. I use algae eaters for prevention rather than solution, after all waste is usually the cause of algae. I also use immersed or floating plants since they absorb alot of excess nutrients faster and can be easily controlled
I have two 55 gallon tanks, different brands, same lighting, same filter and filter media, same brand of decor etc. The one in our living room which is exposed to more light has very little algae. The one in my man cave however which has no windows and sees less light is just coated in algae. I don't get it, it grows so incredibly fast and they are both the exact same right down to the substrate except for the tank itself. Is it possible that the tank could be promoting algae growth? I've never heard of such a thing myself but I am stumped.
I have river rocks blasted with light in the middle of my 6 foot 125 gallon cichlid tank and it harvests really good algae I like to think it helps with the nitrites!
Some species eat algae, but can't reproduce in an aquarium. But even if they can, the amount of food they find will limit their numbers. Limit the food they can get and they will grow slow, reproduce less whenever they reach the limit.
ive been battling annoying algae growth in my tank for about the last year or so which is also around the same time that i installed a nightime blue led strip that i would keep on all day and all night................ If that led strip is the cause of my problem i am going to loooose it lol. I would have never even thought twice about it affecting anything.
Love your videos. My African clawed frogs are so dirty. I am battling algae after allowing too much indoor and natural light while away. Will they eat snails?
I have a 5gal Betta fish tank.. few small plants but I can't get rid of green hair like algae. Maybe I need to clean more often. I need some snails I think as well.
I intentionally keep a thin layer of green algae on all sides of my 7.5 gallon betta planted tank and only scrub off the front viewing panel. It's not all that bad to have algae.
Are there certain color spectrums and intensities that attract algae? What ranges should I have green, red, and white light and what intensities that will be good for plants, but won’t promote algae growth?
What do you recommend as far as liquid fertilizer and liquid CO2? I use both as recommended on the bottles but not sure if I should be adjusting to compensate for the algae/plant ratio.
My baby balloon Molly's and baby swordtails pick at the algae on the logs in my 120 all day long. Do I still worry about it or take action I mean they seem to like It and I'm not one to destroy things my fish like
Watching this video because my Bristlenose pleco, Nerite snails, and catfish are eating all my algae (except the green spot stuff they don’t seem to love) and my tank can’t seem to make enough algae to feed them all. And I prefer to feed them natural algae over wafers. And I’m getting a Hilstream loach soon. Eek! I wish you could just grow algae as fast as the Platys grow babies. LOL
My biggest problem is whenever I have plants they get overgrown with algae and I have to eventually throw every thing out! Every single time I try a planted tank! I have no idea why... African or American cichlid tanks with no plants very little algae problems, always puzzles and annoys me wish I knew what was going wrong
I have 2 aqua clear filters one on each side of my aquarium. Plus my sponge filter and an air stone so I have plenty for flow. My lighting is not adjustable but it is an LED that sits on top. I can’t really do plants because it’s an African cichlid tank. But you mentioned snails. I’m thinking they may turn into fish food or maybe not. What is your suggestion? I am using algefix from API at the moment
I got a Oscar fish and I’m afraid I’f I add shrimp, snails, or any kind of fish that my Oscar fish will kill it, what would u recommend. Also I heard that Oscar’s will rip plants out.
My biggest problem is algae on some big decorations. I don’t like the idea, using bleach. But I heard that vinegar is good and safe to use. How much do you have to use
I have more of a brown algae then blue/green. I watched another video by someone else and they said to add MORE light. You said to limit light. Is the difference the color of algae or was MORE light bad advice over all?
Hello there! I really like your videos and it’s helpful too. In this case I’m would like to ask you to recommend to me some “cleaning crew” to my tank please. I must mention that I’ve a turtle as well. 30 gallon tank and unfortunately algae started to growing madly. Many thanks in advance
Just ordered my fluval 3.0 from you guys what’s the best setting for it ? And you think a Siamese algae eater be safe with shrimp and guppies and Corydoras and a few snails ?
Hey so ive got a 20 gallon tall, and i have 3 mollies, 3 white clouds, a bristlenose pleco, and a pea puffer. Im kinda itching to add something new. Is there anything I can add? Any advice is nice.
I change the lighting hours from 12 to 8 hours and white algea started growing. I would gravel vac and placed my HOB on the side versus in the mid, to have a better water flow. The next day more white looking algea are on my plants and substrate. Please help
I had to place a plastic bottle over my airpump cuz i have a betta and the flow was too rough for him so now i barely have any flow so the side away from the filter is entirely covered in algae and it grows so damn fast.. mm i might put in an airstone on that side temporarily
See i am begging. I have my filter on the far right of my 5 gallon tank and right in front of the filter is a big pile of alge. I clean the tank once a week and that doesnt do anything. It builds up on the plants, rocks,on the filter itself and the glass. I have 2 cory cats in there, I dont think they eat alge i know there part of a clean up crew but as far as I know I dont know how to get less alge i will be getting a snail or 2 this week i will clean it today any suggestions
So Cory I have a 30gal heavy planted tank with CO2 and I'm around 15ppm NO3, I have my lights on a timer for only 6 hours a day, I water change (50%) weekly. The algae that I have is very very long and fibrous(high tensile strength too) because of its strength nothing will eat them not my pleco and not my snails. I have a fluval 404 running at full speed so flow should be good. Oh and I treat every day with flourish excel. I'm at my wits end, literally the only thing that can remove this algae is me doing it manually. This algae will grow over the leaves and choke out my plants if it leave it on them. I really hate how there's no easy way to identify the types of algae and the conditions that cause them to grow quickly.
Do you clean your fuge macro algae? buying macroalgae from ebay for example Pom Pom, i got a make sure it doesn't have any type of diseases, any feedback how i can treat that planet should i coral dip it or?
@@sirpfa they do need but not same amount as plants so I suggest you buy those 2 in 1 LED light which can use for day and night. Usually will have white and blue. White is for day whereby switch blue for the night and blue switch on for certain hours only. Fish needs rest too
I have 0 phosphates in my tanks and I have BBA. I read too little or too much phosphates can cause it. Would actually supplying some phosphate help? And if so, where do I get it? I should add, these are shrimp/dwarf crayfish tanks so adding fish is not an option.
Here is the video series I made for Plants 101. Covers fertilizers, algaes, co2, deficiences etc. th-cam.com/video/eksGyO7YbuA/w-d-xo.html
I need your help Cory!!! I need to identify a Cichlid I have
whats a good algae eating snail??
Out compete it? Slash make it grow somewhere else intentionally ? Always a viable option in my opinion.
@@chasesantos2920 Post a pic on the fb group facebook.com/groups/AquariumGroupSupport/
Does a black glass aquarium reduce algae. Mt tank is literally by the window with no choice. My algae is black..my levels are always great..
My main goal in life is to impress Amazon employees with my fish tank
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Whenever I see a nice tank I always check it out then tell the owner. "yo nice tank".
I have a (non-planted) tank with a couple of full grown bichirs in there and a delivery man went: omg is that a crocodile? 😂 He must've seen them surface to breathe air haha
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i literally asked you about my brown diatom issue the other day and now you make this vid. i love you more and more everyday!
I friggin LOVE your channel! Since I've started looking into getting myself a tropical fish tank, I've watched so many of your videos and you have so much helpful information AND you explain things in such a way that it's easy to understand. Thank you SO much! xx
Cory seems to be back in the groove. I appreciate the video!
They are hard working fishes
Old video but Cory is known to groove.
Thanks was the light for me. First time having a light with a real tank. Very helpful 👍.
LOL I was just talking to a coworker this morning about this. Thank you Co-op ! 😀👍
I've got black beard algea growing at the top of my tank on the wood. I thought about getting rid of it but it catches debris and my platty fry can grab a little snack every once in a while.
I always have a thin dusting of algae on my plants and the glass 🤷♀️ I really wanted to upgrade to the fluval plant 3.0 light but this week has been full of vet bills, and it’s only Tuesday.... suddenly the light on my tank doesn’t seem so important lol
And what if a thin layer of biofilm and algae is normal...?
Look at any water in nature....
@@alis49281 It's not normal in a tank
@@rawegg8880 if there is nothing in the tank that eats biofilm, such as snail, then it is absolutely normal that stones and older plant leaves are covered with it. Any river stream and even the cleanest lakes have a biofilm.
@ Raw Egg It really is. I have yet to see any bodies tank with zero algae. Its a single celled and extremely simple plant that will grow in the most hostile and ideal environments. I mean unless you only keep bleach in your fish tank, you will have some level and some type of algae.
This is exactly what I needed today. Thanks!
Great info. Thanks for all that you do Aquarium Co-op!
Thanks! I got a new bright LED light for my 125G and have been battling algae ever since. I had never battled it before with my older lights. I’ll cut the hours significantly via timers to see if that helps.
I made the mistake of using API algae treatment. It said that it was safe to use with fish in the tank. I was very careful to measure the right amount. It killed 5 of my cory catfish.
Oh no I just put in some
Thank you so much for your great information. Very helpful for my 10 gallon tank!
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Rocking it again thanks , just ordered some more plants from you today. 🍀🍀🙏😎🥇🥇🥇🥇👍
Thank you for the great tips and really thank you for all you do for the hobby 💕👍
Hey Cory I just got my water sprites super fast. Thank you!
Ha too much light! I have a tank that’s part of a indoor garden system and my entire dining room is the sun on 10 with so many other indoor gardens 😂 I wish it was big enough for all this other fun stuff. Never thought I would want to have fish :) this little tank got me hooked!
Know what you mean about tank having algae....I finally got plants that are growing without CO2 ...so I guess my tank is somewhat balance...which is hard to achieve....thanks for your vid...love them.
I too have plants growing without using a CO2 Defuser. I have good circulating Oxygen and filtration, and I run an air stone that's all. and of course lighting.
man do I love seeing a video with no dislikes an a solid number of likes. You are so good not even the trolls can touch you. Love your vids bruv
Someone just have to disappoint you..Lol
First! And I’ve been looking for this video for a while. My tanks have a bunch of algae. Working on fixing the problem. Thanks for the info!👍🏻
Got a new tank, and made the mistake of adding fish too early (all of my fish have survived and seem happy so i feel accomplished) so after battling ammonia and changung water every day, sometimes 2x a day, it finally stabalized. Not ling after tho i started getting alot of algea lol a bunch of little 2 inch fish takes more maintenance then a dog or cat
Wow so informative you're like our corydoras cleaning up our bits and pieces problems 😉 .. thanks a ton 😁
I use to keep snails and they never did much for my algae problem. Otto's though destroyed all the brown in my tank.
He is spot on regarding the amazon and neighbours
Awesome video! thanks for the tips!
Snails, I’ll tell you Hwhat.
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Hey, Cory. Can you do a video on how to tell if something will be safe long-term (for fish, inverts, and plants) in a tank? Like, if I have a toy or something that's not specifically made to be aquarium décor, how do I know it won't leach anything into the water? Or are there things a home aquarist can do to make them safe?
Pretty much only trial and error.
Great info & video thanks!! I been trying some different plants in different tanks & substrates etc & just waiting for a couple plants to come back in yo place my next order.
thanks for the videos, your my new pastime. im a oldtimer who recently got back into the hobby. i forgot about this hobby being a bottomless pitt$$$$ thanks for helping with that cory and crew
Hartford, Wisconsin
Thankyou, I will try this😁
I have snails and live plants and amano and cherry shrimp, but still algae on my glass...
I have a fluval aquasky that I've been keeping on blue all night. I'll change that habit tonight and see if it has any effect.
Thanks!
Good info. I didn’t know about the blue light, but I have two Bristlenose that need some algae in my 75. Thanks again!
Thank you for talking about the blue lights at night I have purple moonlight LEDs because my fish just had their fry hatch and I was helping them “see” what they were doing because it’s their first clutch.
Tank is also a month old so I guess two things kind of added to the algae bloom on the glass. Also the tank is in a sunny room but not in indirect light so I’m assuming it’s getting some UV bouncing off the carpet into the tank.
Yes
This is litterally what i needed... lets hope the tips work...
Question... if i dont have a top on my tank will the snails... try too leave??? or will the stay in the water without problems?
@@johnny1upz my two nerite snails escaped... Fortunately I was able to find them before they died, not sure how long they were out. One got pretty far before curling back into its shell; found it on the shelf below the tank! That one had been out for many hours at least.
@@MadCheshireHat ohh i hope if i get a few for my 125G they dont
johnny1upz they usually only try to leave when the water quality is bad
@@jonathaniriqui well, that wasn't my case. I've read about a lot of people having escaped snails as well, but I don't know their particulars.
I like some types of algae and grow them intentionally. That said you don't always get what you want but at times you get what you need. I couldn't keep Otocinclus without it.
You just solved all my problems thanks 💯
Another great video, thanks for the content
Hey Cory. My growing fishroom has a double edged sword that is working pretty well, though it is a bit of a hmmmm I want to say crap shoot but I am getting it figured out. My room is a subterranean basement. It is totally finished, but no natural light. So I bought plants that were "easy," or did not need the sun in the same room.
So I almost aspire to have Algea, just so I know I have enough light. Bentley Pascoe has been helpful and do far my plants are growing well, with no Algea!! I put one of those tabs on the glass and my Mystery snails do Mach 3 to get there. Hoping I can keep this balance. As usual thanks Cory.
I seem to have cycled through a bunch of different kinds of algae. As soon as I fix one kind, another pops up. Right now it's a green soft algae, I believe green dust. Most accounts of it talk about it growin gon the glass, but this stuff is actually growing more on the plants than the glass, and it doesn't just wipe off as easily off plant leaves as it does glass. I'm almost ready to do a blackout...
Very popular question. 😁❤
Keep the great content coming! You inspire me to keep my content going.
Hey Cory! Great video! 2 questions..1) I have algea on my plants in my 75g. I have cut back my lights a few weeks ago ..now about 12 hours. I will cut back to 10. I have the fluval 3.0 I got from you. Love it. Do you have a recommendation for what to set each Spectrum for? I have snails, Otis, plecos, and guppies and swords and rams and cory cats in this tank. 2) Isn't some algea a good thing? Just as long as your glass isn't covered on 4 sides and your water green? When I look at a tank if I see some algea I don't think it's always bad....but should I?
I like to see very minimal amounts of algae. As for spectrum of plants, I'd eliminate the blue. The rest you can tune to what you like to look at.
I can't say that I agree with "plants can't see" blue light. Blue light is what chlorophyll 'a' absorbs. Chlorophyll 'a' is the primary chlorophyll found in plants. It is also in algae. I do agree, however, that having lights on all night isn't a good idea.
Great tips Cory👍👍👍
You’re awesome. Thank you.
Cory fishes are the hard working fishes and is good to have in the aquarium
Light intensity adjustment and placos work for me,. Flow in major I may need to increase the flow in some areas in my piranha tank.. 🤔
Big algae problem in my tank so helpful
Great information.
Well done video Cory 👍
Great tips for handling algae
I have a hard water ..my best solution for hair algae is dosing h2o2 (safe for moss, shrimp and snails just don't overdose) no need for a blackout..then for the other types of algae, scraping/wiping then a water change is usually the best way. I use algae eaters for prevention rather than solution, after all waste is usually the cause of algae. I also use immersed or floating plants since they absorb alot of excess nutrients faster and can be easily controlled
Time for 10 ten ways to get algae
If you know how to get algae then you know to reduce it
I have two 55 gallon tanks, different brands, same lighting, same filter and filter media, same brand of decor etc. The one in our living room which is exposed to more light has very little algae. The one in my man cave however which has no windows and sees less light is just coated in algae. I don't get it, it grows so incredibly fast and they are both the exact same right down to the substrate except for the tank itself. Is it possible that the tank could be promoting algae growth? I've never heard of such a thing myself but I am stumped.
I harness the positive attributes of algae using an algae Scrubber.
I still use a pleco in each tank.
I have river rocks blasted with light in the middle of my 6 foot 125 gallon cichlid tank and it harvests really good algae I like to think it helps with the nitrites!
@@luigigreen9823 It does. Consumes nitrates, CO2 and releases O2. Natures filter
Been through the brown algae phase, now with the green algae. Considering snails but concerns with how many they may turn into.
Some species eat algae, but can't reproduce in an aquarium. But even if they can, the amount of food they find will limit their numbers. Limit the food they can get and they will grow slow, reproduce less whenever they reach the limit.
Get olive nerite snails. They can't reproduce unless the water is brackish (salty). You will be amazed at how quickly they will clean a tank.
There should be a visual identifier of all the algaes that plague our aquariums. Anyone know of one?
That is literally impossible. You have a clue how many sweetwater algae are out there?
ive been battling annoying algae growth in my tank for about the last year or so which is also around the same time that i installed a nightime blue led strip that i would keep on all day and all night................
If that led strip is the cause of my problem i am going to loooose it lol. I would have never even thought twice about it affecting anything.
Love your videos. My African clawed frogs are so dirty. I am battling algae after allowing too much indoor and natural light while away. Will they eat snails?
I have a 5gal Betta fish tank.. few small plants but I can't get rid of green hair like algae. Maybe I need to clean more often. I need some snails I think as well.
I’m trailing some floating plants in my planted tank see if my algae’s slows down that little bit more
Well, did it work???
It seems to just be improving my algae issue. I didn't have a issue till I bought plants from local pet store.
How in the hell did Cory know I am currently battling algae in my first ever planted tank? Cause he's right!!
ALMOST 300K SUBS CORY ❤️
I intentionally keep a thin layer of green algae on all sides of my 7.5 gallon betta planted tank and only scrub off the front viewing panel. It's not all that bad to have algae.
Are there certain color spectrums and intensities that attract algae? What ranges should I have green, red, and white light and what intensities that will be good for plants, but won’t promote algae growth?
Hi! I'm dealing with brown diatoms in my single betta tank , with bubbler , filter, and heater plus led light.
What do you recommend as far as liquid fertilizer and liquid CO2? I use both as recommended on the bottles but not sure if I should be adjusting to compensate for the algae/plant ratio.
Great talk, can u speak about wasting disease, do I need to take down the tank
My baby balloon Molly's and baby swordtails pick at the algae on the logs in my 120 all day long. Do I still worry about it or take action I mean they seem to like It and I'm not one to destroy things my fish like
I personally wouldn't worry about it unless it gets out of control. Natural food source for them.
Watching this video because my Bristlenose pleco, Nerite snails, and catfish are eating all my algae (except the green spot stuff they don’t seem to love) and my tank can’t seem to make enough algae to feed them all. And I prefer to feed them natural algae over wafers. And I’m getting a Hilstream loach soon. Eek! I wish you could just grow algae as fast as the Platys grow babies. LOL
Nearly 300k subs Cory! Wish I could sub twice your content is so helpful!
My biggest problem is whenever I have plants they get overgrown with algae and I have to eventually throw every thing out! Every single time I try a planted tank! I have no idea why... African or American cichlid tanks with no plants very little algae problems, always puzzles and annoys me wish I knew what was going wrong
I have 2 aqua clear filters one on each side of my aquarium. Plus my sponge filter and an air stone so I have plenty for flow. My lighting is not adjustable but it is an LED that sits on top. I can’t really do plants because it’s an African cichlid tank. But you mentioned snails. I’m thinking they may turn into fish food or maybe not. What is your suggestion? I am using algefix from API at the moment
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I got a Oscar fish and I’m afraid I’f I add shrimp, snails, or any kind of fish that my Oscar fish will kill it, what would u recommend. Also I heard that Oscar’s will rip plants out.
My biggest problem is algae on some big decorations. I don’t like the idea, using bleach. But I heard that vinegar is good and safe to use. How much do you have to use
Thank you I had an algae fish thing but it died to day (from old age) and he wasn’t doing a great job as he got older so my algae started to take over
I have more of a brown algae then blue/green. I watched another video by someone else and they said to add MORE light. You said to limit light. Is the difference the color of algae or was MORE light bad advice over all?
Love the vids
Hello there! I really like your videos and it’s helpful too. In this case I’m would like to ask you to recommend to me some “cleaning crew” to my tank please. I must mention that I’ve a turtle as well. 30 gallon tank and unfortunately algae started to growing madly. Many thanks in advance
Just ordered my fluval 3.0 from you guys what’s the best setting for it ? And you think a Siamese algae eater be safe with shrimp and guppies and Corydoras and a few snails ?
I can I used shrimp and snails with cichlid convicts
Hey so ive got a 20 gallon tall, and i have 3 mollies, 3 white clouds, a bristlenose pleco, and a pea puffer. Im kinda itching to add something new. Is there anything I can add? Any advice is nice.
I change the lighting hours from 12 to 8 hours and white algea started growing. I would gravel vac and placed my HOB on the side versus in the mid, to have a better water flow. The next day more white looking algea are on my plants and substrate. Please help
I had to place a plastic bottle over my airpump cuz i have a betta and the flow was too rough for him so now i barely have any flow so the side away from the filter is entirely covered in algae and it grows so damn fast.. mm i might put in an airstone on that side temporarily
See i am begging. I have my filter on the far right of my 5 gallon tank and right in front of the filter is a big pile of alge. I clean the tank once a week and that doesnt do anything. It builds up on the plants, rocks,on the filter itself and the glass. I have 2 cory cats in there, I dont think they eat alge i know there part of a clean up crew but as far as I know I dont know how to get less alge i will be getting a snail or 2 this week i will clean it today any suggestions
I wish you, Cory, would have done an unboxing of the fish you got from Peru! Or am I saying this too soon?
lol, im watching this on christmas! he knows me too well, haha
So Cory I have a 30gal heavy planted tank with CO2 and I'm around 15ppm NO3, I have my lights on a timer for only 6 hours a day, I water change (50%) weekly. The algae that I have is very very long and fibrous(high tensile strength too) because of its strength nothing will eat them not my pleco and not my snails. I have a fluval 404 running at full speed so flow should be good. Oh and I treat every day with flourish excel. I'm at my wits end, literally the only thing that can remove this algae is me doing it manually. This algae will grow over the leaves and choke out my plants if it leave it on them. I really hate how there's no easy way to identify the types of algae and the conditions that cause them to grow quickly.
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Do you clean your fuge macro algae?
buying macroalgae from ebay for example Pom Pom, i got a make sure it doesn't have any type of diseases, any feedback how i can treat that planet should i coral dip it or?
Do fishes need lights too to be healthy or is it all for plants?
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IndominusBold head so fishes dont need?
@@sirpfa they do need but not same amount as plants so I suggest you buy those 2 in 1 LED light which can use for day and night. Usually will have white and blue. White is for day whereby switch blue for the night and blue switch on for certain hours only. Fish needs rest too
IndominusBold head hey finding such may not be possible for me... Better if you guide me to an approx hours that lights are required for fishes too😉
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I have 0 phosphates in my tanks and I have BBA. I read too little or too much phosphates can cause it. Would actually supplying some phosphate help? And if so, where do I get it? I should add, these are shrimp/dwarf crayfish tanks so adding fish is not an option.
Won’t adding snails and shrimp just add waste further exacerbating the issue that’s feeding the algae?
When the thumbnail so HD you think it's an upload from Shwiskey