FishMonger

Hello Fellow Pagoda keeper! 🙂 So fun to see your journal. We have enjoyed our dear "Shogun" for about a year now. He is the Coolest. So worried at one point when we first got him, but I think he was just acclimating and/or being himself (we decided it's a boy 🙂) and he hasn't looked back since. Needed some work on too much algae in the tank. Hope we are able to enjoy him for a good while. 2 Must be double the fun!

Ok. Thanks for the additional info Daniel! Very helpful. 🙂 Yes. I had read that back when I was first looking into it. Crazy. Photos below. The last time the tank was "better", was after I had fully dosed with Maracyn 5 days. I was going on vacation and worried. The tank was clear when we returned. 🙂 But it all slowly crept back. I was hoping my plants would out compete, but that never happened. I had given some fertilizer at one point, but was worried that was helping the Cyano more and not the plants. I have the lights limited to 6 hours on a timer. The tank has lost a lot of sand as I have sucked it up - it gets combined with the cyano and comes off in clumps. 😞 These pics are after I cleaned it recently. Obviously I did not take out the larger items and scrub them yet, or try to scrape off the plants. But I did clear off some extra bad spots on the sand and the volcano. My current plan is to do that extra clean-up on those items and then add the Maracyn (as directed by ACO's blog) for a one day dosing.

Still looking for an answer on this quote/questions above? If anyone can help?

Welcome bella4ord. I am new today to the forum too. 🙂 Lots of good info and engaging threads here!

So regarding the sand and the cyano...and a few more detail questions... I am a bit concerned. My kid loves the sand. Thinks it's Zen. (Not so much for Me!) I am worried that even if I clear off the extra Cyano as much as possible. I can't get it off the sand without the Maracyn help. But will it only help the top layer of sand? As in, if some cyano is mixed into the sand, am I doomed for more? Also do I need to do something with the filter? sometimes I have seen it hanging near/on the out flow. And/or do I need to change my sponge & and/or bio rings?

Thanks Spewing_nonsense_! Yes. That's what I was thinking. I am guessing the first time I read the Blog, I didn't catch the one day thing and just followed the Maracyn directions.

Have to laugh or cry? We have a 10g. It was set up to be a temporary QT tank for 7 Kuhlis, before transferring them. They are still there and it is almost a year later? Not sure what to say. Still debating on moving them on or starting another tank with them or just adding something for the top? 😉 But as stated 1 year later all 7 hanging in there. We see them through the day here or there, and at feeding time of course. When purchasing, I was thinking of 3 but so somewhere 6 recommended. So I went with it. Not going to lie, the more the merrier. It is Fun seeing more interacting together if you can do it. But I think 3 would be fine too. 🙂 I believe I had 3 many many years ago.

Curious. I have a bad/recurring case of Cyano in one tank in particular (which may have also cross-contaminated to our two other tanks? Unsure there...looking for advice to end this completely in all. All that being said I also have a question that relates directly to this AQ Coop Blog: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/blue-green-alga Simply the blog states: "To begin treatment, scrub off as much of the blue-green algae as possible and remove it with a siphon. After vacuuming the substrate and refilling the tank, add one full dose of Maracyn (which is 1 packet per 10 gallons of water), and let the aquarium sit for one week before doing another water change. The earlier you treat the outbreak, the easier it is to eradicate. If the blue-green algae is very thick and widespread, you may need to repeat the treatment several times to completely remove the colony." So on the Maracyn packet, it states to dose for 5 days? Wondering did I read something wrong in the blog or on the Maracyn pack? Or is the direction different in the blog as it writing towards the purpose of killing the Cyano vs. curing fish? And to provide some extra background info: I did do this about 1.5 years ago. When I did so, we went on vacation and my brother & nephew maintained the last day or so of the tank meds. Upon return we had lost 1 frog (2 survived). Unsure if that was due to the meds or otherwise. Also upon return the tank appeared to have No signs of Cyno? But maybe something was re-introduced, or other-wise. A few more details about the tank. I chose the Maracyn route as I understood it is considered generally safe for the African Dwarf Frogs and and the Cyano was all over more or less. I had initially thought it was just algae and that I needed another snail. 😞 Also the sand has plants: some low growing Valisneria (it never grows high, maybe due to the cyano?), a few/two? buce plants, and a sand substrate (horrible with the cyano!). It's a 20L with an Aquaclear 30 filter. There is also an Volcano with some air pumping through it. Currently this tank houses 6 cherry barbs, 2 ADF's, a pagoda snail, 2 horned nerites, and 1 kupa nerite. Much appreciate the assistance.

Thanks Daniel! I just saw your 30's Aquarium thread. Way cool. 🙂

Hello all! 🙂 New here. Have some experience from past years pre-internet 😉 (or at least pre-internet searching). Then a long break from fish-keeping and now back at it again (with a *little* more knowledge & understanding). So I am curious about asking questions here. I actually have a question that *specifically relates to an Aquarium Co-op Blog*? If I post it, would the Aq. Coop Team answer it or forum members or both? Is there a place to specifically bring this to the team's attention? Any feedback appreciated!