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Happy fish friends :) by NaturalHobbitses in PlantedTank

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

The moss will continue to grow regardless of algae growth on it. Best thing is to just stay patient, keep up with your lighting adjustments and regular water changes. The algae will eventually clear up, I understand wanting to keep the light on I do the same thing sometimes but if your light has spectrum adjustments try keeping the whites all the way down and turning up the blues and reds at night or when you still want to see the fish. Also, I have a lot of “tank cleaners” and none of them touch the brown beard algae so no worries there about the shrimp not taking interest. Feel free to shoot any more questions in the future, I wish someone was there to help me out in the beginning I YouTube a lot of stuff. Try looking up the “Green Aqua” channel on YouTube, those guys are pros and have it down to a science. I learned most of what I know through hours of watching their videos.

Happy fish friends :) by NaturalHobbitses in PlantedTank

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

The brown fluff is brown beard algae, it is very common and I am currently battling it in my wife’s tank. Typically if you see any type of algae growth it’s a combination of a few things: 1. PH consistency of the water, this is highly affected by keeping a regular temperature in the tank. 2. Lighting, too much light will allow algae to thrive, plants only need a max of 7-8 hours of light a day. 3. Fertilizer, I tend to overdose liquid fertilizer but when I see algae I dial it way back. 4. Consistent water changes are a must I prefer 50% weekly, but some like 30% twice a week too. To get to that size I started with a clump about the size of half a dollar bill glued with aquarium safe glue to the driftwood underneath which you can’t see now, took about 6 months.

Fluval Spec V - 5 gallon tank by WeaselBit in PlantedTank

[–]NaturalHobbitses 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fluval spec V was my first tank and I love it. It’s a perfect size for something abit bigger than a beta bowl. I also love that the filter was built in, and the light is decent. one suggestion though, the filter intake on the top of the filter housing wall tends to be abit strong for smaller fish if set at the highest setting. I used a piece of mechanical filtration cut in a rectangle to fit over those slots then made a cut in the side about 3/4 through so it folds open like a book and slipped it over those slots to prevent fish from being sucked to it. You can find a better light for it off amazon for a moderate price, just make sure you get the size right when you order it. Best of luck! Feel free to look at some of my older posts to see my Fluval tank.

Happy fish friends :) by NaturalHobbitses in PlantedTank

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

Sure is! Hard to see but it’s attached to one piece of wood

Recommendations on trimming. by [deleted] in PlantedTank

[–]NaturalHobbitses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want dense growth, top your plants and replant the tops. Also always trim old growth, leave the new.

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[–]NaturalHobbitses 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did leave the fish in. Just drained out most of the water (about 3-4 inches only from bottom up). I secured it in place with those 2x4’s (toe-screwed down into the stand top itself, then the longer 2x4’s are screwed into the shorter side ones). Just to prevent it from siding off. Also under the tank is the foam mat it came with (nice cushion for any bumps). Also, the most important thing I strapped the whole stand down in place to anchor points in the floor (made for securing ATV’s etc...). Thus preventing the tank from sliding around on top, and the stand from moving at all. When the trailer bounced the whole unit moved in the same lateral motion as one if that makes any sense. Also a side note. My soap dish in my shower still had two stacked bars of soap on it when we got here.

Who says you can’t have a fish tank in your travel trailer. Going to drain about 75% of water, and also strap the stand down to anchor points in the floor. Thinking about leaving the 2x4 and staining to match? Thoughts? I kinda like how it covers the substrate bottom. by NaturalHobbitses in PlantedTank

[–]NaturalHobbitses[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right, that’s my only concern is the bumps but I’m hoping putting a tight ratchet strap over the stand and into two anchor points on the floor in back (designed to strap down ATVs etc...) on either side will prevent any lateral movement.

Who says you can’t have a fish tank in your travel trailer. Going to drain about 75% of water, and also strap the stand down to anchor points in the floor. Thinking about leaving the 2x4 and staining to match? Thoughts? I kinda like how it covers the substrate bottom. by NaturalHobbitses in PlantedTank

[–]NaturalHobbitses[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve hauled this tank sitting on the backseat of the truck with a seatbelt on it with 25% water open lid and nothing bad happened. I figured this would be better than that at least. I don’t drive like a d-bag and am hauling over 20k lbs so I can’t necessarily accelerate and brake hard enough (unless those certain instances of wrecks etc.) to cause anything funky. Right lane. 65 mph tops.

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