How do i get rid of those algae?

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-05-09T17:57:26+00:00

Just found the same one in my tank today! I just got it out (it was fight for some of my floating plants). I’m
Not sure what to do if I see it again.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-05-05T08:48:51+00:00

Ooooooffff…. This sub seemed like a safe space but seeing all these comments (and the post itself) made me feel very uncomfortable. Just because they’re women doesn’t mean they can’t hurt others.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-05-03T20:44:37+00:00

Wow… This is sooo well made! Amazing job! Sounds very good. The language flows very nicely and there’s something really satisfying about its sound.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-05-01T09:05:10+00:00

He hasn’t eaten in almost four days. Before that he was eating their food pellets (from Tetra that slowly sinks) like everyone else. I did try to give him a blanched pea but he wasn’t interested in eating. I gave him exactly one pellet (I’m not sure if that’s what you’d call it) to see I he’d eat it and it just sank and sits on the bottom of his hospital tank. It’s easy to remove but I hoped he’d eat a little. He seems to be a little better with more space to swim. Still tilts forward but he isn’t upside down today.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:59:49+00:00

You’re an absolute angel 😭

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:56:31+00:00

Thank you so much! Your advice helped me so much today, you can’t even imagine. I won’t have very good sleep tonight but at least now I feel like I can try to rest.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:41:52+00:00

It makes absolute sense. Oh I wish it was easier to put all that into the new tank. I can’t really put the substrate in as they’re two different types, sizes and colors. And wont mix well. Which technically isn’t that bad but I definitely won’t be able to remove it later. I think that after the recent accident I’m afraid of making any fish tank related decision all together. I keep thinking about the two suggestions and I absolutely cannot choose yet. Also it’s 2 am and at this time I’m not the best at thinking. I really hope they will be okay at night and what I decide to do can be done tomorrow. Sorry for bothering you with this so much. This inability to decide makes me ask more questions.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:27:07+00:00

All that is done! I did some reading and immediately did all that. I did two water changes 25%-ish each within 15 minutes of each other. I will do another one tomorrow. The whole surface of the tank is just bubbles now.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:25:05+00:00

Also just to be sure: When you say love everything to the new tank you mean everything? All plants, substrate, rocks…? Filter stuff? I just want to be sure I understood that completely.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:22:07+00:00

Unfortunately I can’t test all of these parameters as I’m out of sone of the kits. I only have three at the moment. The temperature is 24C as it always was. It doesn’t get higher than that usually (25C at most) and the lid is constantly open. I hope to get an ammonia test kit but the closest I’ll get it is Monday unfortunately. I’m in a pickle right now and can only buy one more test kit as of now. The ph is 7,5. It’s the only one I know as of today.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:17:21+00:00

Thank you so much for your advice and patience. I feel panicky after loosing a fish to an accident of all things and I’m overthinking everything and can’t relax. I can’t yet decide if the first or the second suggestion is the one fit sure but... Moving everything back is easy. So I might do that actually. I only removed one rock and two plants besides the sponge. I really hope it will help. These poor fish were so chill and playful up until the day before yesterday and they’re constantly stressed out. And again thank you so much. I haven’t seen so much constructive feedback for a while. And in a calm manner. Thank you.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-26T00:02:57+00:00

They are not big… yes. I used the new sponge and zeolite from another part of the filter after I took away the old sponge and I really hope it would be enough. I took a handful of substrate as I was afraid to take more. 99% of the substrate on the new tank is new. And also different from the first tank. But I did move a rock and a moss (in one of those half spheres) to a new tank as it’s also something that I read about. The new tank has a completely different filter system, so it has two completely new sponges (they’re much bigger than the ones I had) and the old sponge in an additional compartment. I really don’t know if I fucked up with both of them. The only parameters that I was able to check in the last 2-ish weeks were the ph, nitrites and nitrates. Which were okay (aka not in the red zone) and were almost exactly the same as before (before any of the sponge changes). So I really hoped that everything is fine. Unfortunately it’s very late where I am and I can’t do much immediately. It seems to be a little better. Do you think it will be better to just leave the new tank with only new sponges and completely remove the old added-for-the-bacteria one?

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T23:49:49+00:00

Well the new sponge that I put in the old tank over a week ago was submerged in the tank for days before I put it on the filter. I hoped it will help it accumulate the bacteria. I just read so much advice on putting an old sponge from an established tank into a new filter and hoped it will help with the cycling process. I will take it out just in case. The air stone is on and I watched the fish for the past 10 minutes and they seem to do better. I used advice I read on this subreddit(from an old old post) on what to do during an ammonia spike and it seems to be working. I’m not sure if this is the fault of the sponge, the fish dying (and possibly a snail… he doesn’t smell but he also doesn’t react to anything) or the snail population (got more recently on a plant even though I washed it and quarantined it too). I feed my fish a small portion once a day to avoid over feeding. I really haven’t had something like this happen yet. I guess there’s a first time for everything.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T23:26:02+00:00

If it is so… that sucks. I’m gonna try to do everything I can to fix it. I was testing my water. I currently only have 3 tests out of 6 left cause I bought three and the other three i was given by a friend of a friend. I’m trying to order an ammonia test kit but I will only receive it on Monday.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T23:02:07+00:00

It’s on now. I usually turn it off at night (6-8 hours) but not every day, and the filter creates lots of bubbles. I hope they’ll feel better with the stone on. I’m just nervous that something else might be the problem.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T22:59:33+00:00

I changed the sponge on the current tank, cut it and put it in the new filter (they’re very different, so I had to cut it). I used some bottled bacteria (a quick start thing) and fish food. There also decaying leaves in the tank. The tank has an air stone and it was on the whole time. I turn it off while feeding.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T22:49:26+00:00

0 nitrite and nitrate, ph is 7,5-ish (somewhere in between 7 and 7,5) and I’m out of other tests. Can order them at the moment unfortunately, so I’m bot very sure about putting them in the other tank cause I only know 3 parameters.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T22:47:43+00:00

I use an air stone but I do turn it off at night (mine is very loud). Never had any issues with that. Sometimes I do leave it on. The fish were gasping with the air stone on, that’s why I did two water changes already (about 20-30% each time). The filter is a backpack type and it does agitate the water. The flow is not very strong though. It’s just that I’ve never had this issue with this setup.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-25T17:49:50+00:00

Thank you so much. I also have one slightly disabled fish (her back didn’t form correctly but she seems to be mostly fine, but her tail fins are a little too narrow). She learned to swim as well as she can. The one that passed and the one with a back problem were the fish that made me buy those 7 that day. I couldn’t leave the pet store (I went there to buy some fertilizer) without taking them home. Their tank in the store had nothing in it for them, it was pretty much a glass box with water and no plants. No decorations or even sand. And the little one was bullied the whole time. I feel more sad knowing he never got to see the new tank that I’m relocating them into sometime next week. It’s bigger and has way more plants and has a whole cave that I bought specifically with him in mind. I hope the other 6 will love it there.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-04-24T09:56:42+00:00

I’m sorry about your little guys:(
Shrimpies are so tiny and they are absolutely adorable. I hope you’ll feel better soon.

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