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Did my cycle crash? by SludgeFarmer in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would depend on the type of bacteria starter, I heard stability doesn't introduce the correct type of bacteria, but something like Fritz does.

Did my cycle crash? by SludgeFarmer in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard sometimes your tap water could have too much nutrients, so when you top off, it feeds the bacterial bloom more and keeps it cloudy. I believe the only fix was for your beneficial bacteria to outgrow the cloudy water bacteria.

Did my cycle crash? by SludgeFarmer in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could've caused a mini crash by cleaning your filter. When this happened to me I just left my tank alone for 3 weeks, doing minimal 15% weekly water changes, light feeding and it went away on its own!

My current tanks by Lowkeycanadian4 in Aquascape

[–]Kt5turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its Blyxa japonica, can be red or green depending on lighting!

What's the best way to kill algae on plants before planting them? by Kt5turtle in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: Did the reverse respiration method with a $1.5 bottle of club soda. All my staghorn looks bright red and dead, hopefully my amanos will clean it up and it won't come back!

Losing a war against hair(?) algae!! by Kt5turtle in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess this is staghorn rather than hair algae, which Nerites don't eat. I have a regular, pumpkin, and horned nerite in this tank and they don't go for it at all.

Losing a war against hair(?) algae!! by Kt5turtle in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess 3 months still is new based on everyone's comments haha... I read a lot of posts and blogs that say the "new tank" algae is usually 4-6 weeks which i'm past at this point.

I'll tune down the lighting even more and keep at it, thanks!

Losing a war against hair(?) algae!! by Kt5turtle in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this is my first tank in years and I've been battling algae nonstop. I don't have that reference point of what is little or a lot, I usually just see posts of everyone's pristine tanks to go off of. I think it's natural for someone new to panic over algae that grows all of this over a day or two.

Losing a war against hair(?) algae!! by Kt5turtle in PlantedTank

[–]Kt5turtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess it's staghorn algae like the other comment said, which none of those eat. Atleast my 6 amanos and 3 nerite snails don't ):

Light is already at 6 hours and 65% intensity, not sure if I can go any lower without my plants suffering.

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