Mvisum

So VERY grateful for your input! Yes it's been months since i have visited forum.... total NERM is cool! Understand the break down... i'm a soil/plant nerd going aquatic. got it and yes puffers are tough except the one i have LOL. I did beat the cyno without the meds, Won't say how because i don't want anyone to take off the cuff info from a personal experiment as gospel so to speak! The bamboo shrimp idea was stupid... i'll agree, although i did throw in a couple guppy, an NO he does not bother them or vice versa. He even has a borneo loach now, all is good (i see your eyeballs rolling lol). I Can say peewee (dwarf) puffer is healthy and fit.... so is his tank now, with minor effort actually, i panicked and didn't think it through. The addition of a certain wood, some soil/plant derived acids, with water changes did the trick.. Will say... this will be the ONLY 5 gal tank i will ever own! my larger tanks give me no trouble. Thank You again, wouldn't mind conversing on occasion... Nerm world is new to me, not the science but certainly the fish are!

Totally new to whole forum and fish keeping for that matter. over the past year ... the fleet has grown to 10 now haha... the 75 gal has never... yes you read that right... never had algae issue... sounds far fetched but true (very long cycle process with a seasoned birch log) is heavily stocked, angels 4, guppy 20 ish (they make great live angel fish food), 8 otto, 1 SAE, 4 cory, 6 kuhli loach, a tank with MANY plants. Not sure why this is working but it is. the other tanks i rely on the borneo loaches... miraculous little critters they are 🙂 hope this helps... powers to be know i'm no expert.

i guess what i'm looking for is a natural way around the issue, the MTS is all experimental, i just fell in love with the fish hahha. Has anyone used barley straw to control this type of bacteria? in a home aquarium enviroment? and i'm asking about the bamboo shrimp because.... i think they can prevent this from happening again?

green slime... yes it's cyno bateria! water changes are not doing it! Tank is 5 gal, it's walstad... term used loosley. I don't want to disrupt the substrate anymore than i have. Not my first tank i have MTS bad, this little nano cube has gotten away from me... any suggestions other than start over? 🙂

I love my pea puffer... pee wee is his name and yes it is a male. I have this huge alge issue going on... and yes i am the left side of not right! has anyone ever introduced bamboo shrimp into a puffer's enviroment? Yes i realize they are "devils" and risky to introduce anything but i'm algae control desperate!