Erik G

As a follow-up, I'm thinking that ph may/also be an issue. There's a large piece of driftwood, and the ph is considerably lower than the tap water. And also addressing that will be the weekly 50% water changes which I've started.

Yeah I considered just getting a Siamese algae eater 😅 I actually am running a Fluval 407 so I've got good circulation. I'll take those points of advice and see what transpires. Thanks all!

I've got a 75 gallon planted tank, set up about for about 4 months with moderate stocking. I'm running moderate Co2, have two two Finnex 24/7 lights, dosing Easy Green and Easy Iron twice a week. Monthly 30% water changes. Co-op test strips read ~50 nitrates, ~150 ppm hardness, 0 buffer, 6.4 ph. I tried cutting back on the ferts to combat the hair algae (and some bba) but then started seeing nutrient deficiencies in some of the plants. Went back to the pump per gallon twice a week, the plants responding but the green hair algae is booming. I've got some otocinclus, a couple plecos, and nerites but as you know they're not into thread/hair algae. I know the tank is young and not seasoned yet. Wondering if I need to tailor the fertilization with something other than Easy Green- like for example maybe I've got plenty of nitrogen and/or phosphates but low on other/micronutrients?

I've used SafeTSorb in a couple of tanks, I charged the first one with some ferts in it when I set it up, but not my current one. I haven't really noticed a difference.

I'm setting up a 75 gallon planted tank, and unlike my previous glass tanks I'm not able to give it a good wash (with Dawn) and rinse it out. The only option would be to do that outside with a hose, but that's not really an option with it below freezing outside. Any second-best options out there? I apologize if this has been asked before/common question.

Yeah, it's a space inside the back of the piece. It's already going to give my plecos and bottom dwellers plenty of spaces to hang out, so I don't want them to have this one to never come out of 😉. I've wedged a couple stones in there to help weight it down and take up some space. I may just go with something inert like filter floss or a piece of filter media cut to fit. Thanks for the replies.

I have a large piece of driftwood (think of a trunk with roots kind of look) going into a 75 gallon planted aquarium that has some decent void void/hollow space inside. I'm thinking to fill/seal it up with Great Stuff for ponds. My concern is that it might make it somewhat buoyant. I was thinking to possibly fill it with gravel/rocks before filling/sealing to add some weight. Wondering if anyone has had any experience with this before?

By the way, this cleared up without treatment. 🤷‍♂️🤞

Ph is 7.0 and nitrates are 40-50. Not positive on hardness but it’s moderately hard. One of them sprouted crazy roots immediately so I pushed it into the substrate, the other I left on top and it rooted in eventually as well.

I have a number of emperor tetras (didn’t know about territory/alpha male being an issue, I know..) and one of the males has an eye issue. It started out with a clear protrusion on one eye, and now looks like the attached picture. All other fish have no signs of illness. At first thought it might be an injury from the alpha male? Water parameters are 0 ammonia 0 nitrite, 40 nitrate, ph is 7.0.

I got two of these from Aquarium Co-Op, and was hoping they'd do well enough to grow some surface leaves/pads. Well, they must be real happy because they're thriving and sending up what at this point is too many. They're attractive but are shading out too much light. Do I just keep pruning them off?? Thanks