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  1. That was very helpful. Thank you so so much
  2. How do I do the last sentence you’re talking about the five hour blackout Photo – period , what does that mean?
  3. Algae in water. I just left a message and I put 34 days it’s 3 to 4 days I start seeing Algae in the water
  4. After two months of changing the water every week 30%. After 34 days the water gets a little greener and greener each day I have had a little algae on the side of the tank once but mostly it seems like it’s just in the water I’ve discussed this once before and I don’t know what to do at this point I have a hang on the back filter do I need to add a sponge filter. It is a 15 gallon planted tank. It does not get the same amount of light every day at the same time. It is my granddaughter’s tank and I’m trying to care for it for them. Their mother does not want to put it on a timer because someone they know had their tank light cord melt and start smoking and it ruined the whole room and had to be repainted. So I can’t put the light on a timer. There is not light coming in from the window shining on the tank either.I still do not know if it’s green algae in the water but I believe it is, that being said do I need to cover paper around the entire tank to make it completely dark for one full week. I have about six plants in the tank that are doing well
  5. Yes, i’m watching so many videos because I really want to get into this again and enjoy it. And I’m documenting everything in my own little fish book
  6. How do I turn my photo op right on my homepage. I only started recently with this forum so all of this computer stuff is new to me . I’m learning my mistakes
  7. I used to have a tank when My kids were little, 1988. And I had fake plants a little shipwreck that bubbled. I’m watching more of Aquarium Co-Op and learning a lot. Actually spending too much time doing that if I have my way I’ll have tanks on every wall of my house. But I need to start with my first one it has been a long time. I’m going to set up the tank and wait a good month. Put an old sponge from my granddaughters tank to jumpstart my tank yet still wait a couple weeks check my water perimeters and have a few live plants. Should I start with live plants before I add fish?
  8. I used to have a tank when My kids were little, 1988. And I had fake plants a little shipwreck that bubbled. I’m watching more of Aquarium Co-Op and learning a lot. Actually spending too much time doing that if I have my way I’ll have tanks on every wall of my house. But I need to start with my first one it has been a long time. I’m going to set up the tank and wait a good month. Put an old sponge from my granddaughters tank to jumpstart my tank yet still wait a couple weeks check my water perimeters and have a few live plants. Should I start with live plants before I add fish?
  9. Tank decorations, Can I use seashells preferably ones with a real smooth shiny texture in my fish tank. They came from the beach in Florida I’ve had them for 15 years sitting in a jar. I’m sure I can probably boil them in water
  10. Great advice on the wood I documented all of it thank you so much for your advice.
  11. Is there a certain kind of wood that works better in a fish tank and does it need to be driftwood that I can find on the river or can I take it from a tree in my backyard that’s been sitting for a year?
  12. If I take a piece of driftwood or a rock is there a certain way I have to prepare it to have it clean before I put it into the tank? And from the looks of my plants I have Java ferns? I don’t know what any of them are my son bought them, and he probably doesn’t know. The lights are almost never put on in the tank. My granddaughter told me about a month or more ago she poured too much fish Food in the tank. So I guess that’s what jumpstarted the algae
  13. This is my tank I wasn’t sure how to take a photo and send it but these are the plants I have I clean them up a little bit today some of them are brown but they’re still living through all these weeks of green in the water I did a 70% change of water today I’m just trying to see if that’ll do anything I really think is algae in the water . I don’t squirt anything in to feed the plants. I have been doing water changes like I said once to twice a week usually 4 gallons at a time. So do you think those fish that are in the tank? Should I keep the lights off completely for a week. Should I use some kind of algae Treatment in the tank, so far I have not used chemicals. One more thing every time I change the water and suck it up through the siphon I barely get poop I thought I would get a lot more poop than I got and I don’t so I don’t believe they’re being overfed
  14. Is it true if I have a hang on the back filter and a sponge filter in the tank it will allow me to have more than a couple fish in a 15 gallon tank. Is it OK to have 10 fish in a 15 gallon tank the tank is tall it’s got plenty of room in it so if I have the two filtration is that OK for a 10 fish
  15. I don’t believe she is feeding them too much, I always tell her just a pinch and when I feed them I feed him a little bit more than just a pinch but there’s 10 fish and they haven’t gone in a matter of three seconds. Yes I have watched that video and I wondered if it was the algae that is mostly in the water until two weeks later I noticed a little bit of green algae on the side of the tank so that made me think it wasn’t the floating algae. Inquiries video says that you have to complete darkness in the tank for a week which he said would probably kill off the plants I don’t care what I have to do at this point. But I do wonder if once they started adding more fish the algae slowly started creeping up there little by little. And they keep using those throwaway filters I keep telling them just rinse it out in the fish water that you take out of the tank and keep reusing it. So if the fish are being fed too much you can get too much algae to grow in your tank? And thank you for your help And I go to Petsmart and yes sometimes it’s OK but most of the time they know less than I do and that’s just for me watching all Coreys videos the most of them don’t have a clue, I agree with you
  16. I’ve written about this a few times I have a 15 gallon fish tank I keep having my water tested they said all of my numbers are good no ammonia. I have a copy a couple platies couple Mollys a painted neon fish in a planted tank with about four plants. I have change the water out for gallons each week for a month and a half sometimes twice a week. I’ve had the water tested that I use from Wellwood or I treat it with prime chemical. The lighting is hit or miss if it gets put on if it doesn’t get put on it’s my granddaughter‘s tank in her bedroom and they won’t put it on a timer. A friend of theirs had their tank light catch on fire and ruin the Sun’s room so they fear that happening to them. Do I get rid of the plants completely and just have fake plants or can I leave the plants in there some of the leaves are dying on them but it’s been like that since we’ve had the tank. The tank was good for a long time. I wonder if The algae got bad when they started to add more fish. Is it that the filter that came with that 15 gallon tank is not enough for that many fish can I get a sponge filter that Cory sells to put in my tank to go with it and will that solve the algae problem. The algae is mostly in the water a little bit was on the side of the tank one week. But mostly it just floats a light green in the tank, clouding up to a medium green to where you can’t see the plants in the bottom of the tank towards the back. There is a window in the room it is 8 feet away but mostly the blinds are kept closed, no direct sunlight at all. Don’t know what to do at this point. Each time I test at the Petsmart the numbers are good. So is it that I need a sponge filter in the tank also.
  17. It’s hit and miss when they even put the lights on because it’s upstairs in the bedroom and she has four kids and they probably should never have gotten a fish tank they don’t have the time to keep a schedule on any of that. It’s a shame because the kids love fishing and a fish tank is a good thing for them. But their lifestyle is very busy. It might be good if they just didn’t do plants in the tank at all but they were having problems with the tank when there was no plants so someone from Petsmart told them to put plants in a tank. And yes it’s a good thing to have the plants in a tank but I don’t know if they should do one or the other at this point
  18. I would like to put it on a timer but my daughter-in-law is worried about that because a friend of hers had a fire with her light hood on her fish tank and it caused damage to the Sun‘s room so she fears that to happen. So my hands are tied there
  19. I need help with my 15 gallon planted tank which has run for a year and in the past 2 1/2 months it has what looks like green algae it looks like it’s just floating in the water until after about a month and a half it started showing a little bit on the side but I don’t have algae growing on top of rocks plants it really just looks like it’s in the water. With that being said I don’t know how to treat it I saw Cory‘s videos on algae and it looks like it’s In the water. I have a total of 10 copies platies Molly’s in the tank. For the past four weeks I have been changing 4 gallons of water a week. One of the weeks I changed the water three times a week and it started getting clear and now it’s going back to getting greener. The fish are doing fine. I have the filter that came with the tank which I believe is a hang on Flow 10. I’m wondering if my problem is that I need a stronger filter. I know that you should not get rid of the bacteria on the filter and the filter was being changed every 2 to 3 weeks and a new one put on which gets rid of a lot of your bacteria. This is my granddaughter’s tank and I am trying to get everything running right for my son. I keep water testing and my nitrates after a month and a half are showing a little pink not white. I would like to get quite a few things from Aquarium Co-Op including a better test kit Bio rings and Cory’s in tank round filters that he invented , wondering if by adding the filter for in the tank along with the hanger one is what I need. Please help!!!
  20. Tammy

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    Thank you all I’m in New Jersey I wish she lived within a few hours for me because I would drive there. Cory move closer
  21. Tammy

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    Where is Aquarium Co-Op located I live in New Jersey
  22. Me again, I did watch this video weeks ago and It made a lot of sense. I also laughed a lot, Cory is very entertaining.I’m doing a lot of looking back-and-forth at all the messages trying to learn all about this site, I’m not computer savvy.
  23. Thank you so much I do appreciate it
  24. Yes there are eight fish mollies platies and Guppies. It’s been 2 1/2 months. It is my granddaughter’s fish tank and my son has been taking care of it and set it up. And he’s doing all the wrong things and I can’t get him to watch Cory‘s videos so he can understand it. So I just now took over. He thinks if you do a complete water change and clean everything it’s good now it isn’t you’ll have to start all over again and wait for the tank to cycle.I have changed the water three times now and the green algae is getting better. They have a hang on the back filter that came with the tank and they keep using the throwaway carbon filters. Should we get one of Cory’s filters that he invented and can we use just that do we have to have a hang on filter
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