AdamScott

I am trying to remove this hair algae that is starting to spread over my substrate. I attempted to remove by hand but it latches on to my substrate and I end up losing a good deal of gravel. Looking for best ways to remove and prevent hair algae from returning. Nitrates at 10ppm. Lighting on fixed schedule 7 hours a day. Afraid to increase nitrates any higher to avoid stressing out neos. Weekly 20% water changes. Maybe Easy Carbon?

Reds and blues sell like hot cakes around me

1. Ottos! 2. Red cherry shrimp! Reason I got into the hobby in the first place. So peaceful, good cleaners and fun to watch! 3. Vallisneria. Seems to be the only plant that really thrives in my tank. Spreads like crazy and super easy to trim. I'm going to attach a photo of what it looks like in my tank currently. 4. 75gal is my first and only aquarium. 5. Really enjoy using and working with CaribSea's Eco Complete. My rooted plants all seem to be doing well. The initial planting is a bit tough but as long as you have patience it wasn't too bad. 6. Driftwood, rocks..anything that looks natural. 7. Fluval Plant 3.0. Only light I have experimented with and it's given me 0 issues. 8. Tidal 110. Only have great things to say about this filter. Quiet, easy setup and seems to get the job done. I also have a fluval cannister filter for my turtle tank which I love as well. 9. A good set of aquarium tweezers and scissors. 10. Easy Green products all the way!

I'm going to try option number 2 by placing a power head at the left rear facing towards to the right side. I was thinking of picking up the Co-Op's powerhead and placing a medium pre-filter sponge on the intake to act as a filter for the left side as well. Hopefully that does the trick, thanks! I was thinking of simply using a sponge filter on the left side with an airstone and while I would get surface agitation, I think i'm going to go with a powerhead and a sponge filter on the intake to satisfy both filtering the tank and sufficient water flow.

Hi all! My 75g has been up and running for a few months now however i'm starting to notice a deadspot in front of my driftwood as seen circled in the picture attached. I'm thinking of purchasing the Co-Op's Powerhead to provide more water flow to the area as my HOB filter is located on the right side behind the guppy grass wall and not providing the appropriate amount of water circulation. I'm primarily trying to breed shrimp so I steered away from adding extra flow in the past but there has been algae buildup in that area so I'm hoping this could relieve that. My question is where would be the best placement to add a powerhead in my tank to have consistent water movement/flow throughout?

Has anyone seen this before? Looks to be the only one affected in my colony

I am receiving my first batch of RCS this week but nervous about water changes. Prior to owning shrimp, I would use a python and do 30% water changes every 2-3 weeks. I understand RCS are more susceptible to death and disease with larger water changes. To those RCS owners out there, when would you recommend on changing water and what is the safest method using tap water/dechlorinator?

Hi Patrick, that sounds like it would make sense as it is only affecting the bottom leaves and some in the middle of the plant. The stem plants shown in my pictures are going like weeds as I provide plenty of root tabs and new growth is bright green. I saw on Aquarium Coop, Cory recommends 2 Fluval 3.0's for a medium/high light on a 75g - I know what i'll be asking for Christmas! Hopefully this will solve the issue and provide more light to those lower leaves. I was originally only doing water changes when nitrates reach around 20ppm because I'm preparing for RCS which I will be receiving next week. I read they don't appreciate change much so I was trying to practice keeping water changes as infrequent and little as possible while keeping nitrates low..this might seem to have a negative effect on my plants however.

Hi yes, 75g. I dose 8 squirts of EasyGreen/EasyCarbon once per week. Only do water changes when nitrates get around 20ppm, no set water changing schedule. Lighting is a single Fluval 3.0 which is maxed (except blue light) with 1 hr ramp up, ramp down..9 hours total a day. Filtration is a large sponge filter and a Seachem Tidal 110 set to low. Parameters are as follows.. PH: 7.2 Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 10ppm Hardness: 100ppm KH: 50ppm Chlorine/Copper: 0ppm Livestock: Ramshorn snails 100+, MTS snails

Bumping this to hopefully find an answer!

This is my full setup. I have one 48in Fluval 3.0 that I keep on for 8 hours a day. Not sure if the light is insufficient?

Does anyone know what is causing this to the bottom of my pogostemon stellatus octopus plants? The top of the stem is growing rapidly but after awhile the bottom of the plant develops a black sludge and begins to droop. I just recently placed plenty of root tabs in the substrate and have a consistent light cycle.

Some of my plants seemed to have melted/turned brown due to lack of sufficient nutrients. I’ve since corrected the problem and new bright green growth seems to be growing again at the tops of each plant. My worry is that all of the melted leaves will stay that brown color. Is it best to remove the melted plants and just replant the tops that are green or hope that the leaves will correct themselves in time? Any help is appreciated!

Hi all. Recently I've noticed my blue ramshorn snails have been dying off over the last week or so - all that's left is empty white shells as shown in the pictures below. I also have a few nerites, pond snails and MTS snails in the tank as well that seem to be doing fine. I feed 2 algae wafers every 3 days because i'm already dealing with slight overpopulation with the pond snails. No fish or other species besides those snails in the tank. Tank has been established for roughly 4 months and has grown quite a bit of algae on the glass and on the plants. Any idea what could be causing this? Water parameters below: PH: 7.5 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0.25 Nitrate: 0 Hardness: 100ppm KH: 80ppm Water temp: 81 (maybe a little too high?)

Hi all, I bought crushed coral off of Amazon and was sent a bag of aragonite by mistake. I am looking to raise my PH from 7.0 to 7.5. Would aragonite do the same thing as crushed coral? Interested in what you all use and if you ever tried using aragonite before. Thanks!