Hey everyone, I’m new to the forum thing. I was looking for any input on my dirted tank. It’s a 40 gallon but it’s 4 feet long and 16 inches high by 12 inches deep. It’s been running for about 4 months now it houses 12 galaxy rasbora, roughly 40 blue dream shrimp. 1 otocinclus ( there was 3 but I believe two were unhealthy and died shortly after getting them home) and a bunch of snails that came from plants. There is diatom algae that my Otocinclus and snails keeps under control. But now I’m starting to see some green algae just starting around the upper glass and drift wood. I don’t see much for nitrates either on my test strips. Would you add more otocinclus? More plants? Less light? Any ideas are welcome and thanks to anyone who can help out!
i have well water so it’s very hard, but I think the fish like the water quality. Plants all seem healthy aswell. I run the lights for 8 hours on timers.