MaeDae871

I think so. Yikes! That may be my problem. I am still learning how to mess with the manual settings. I used to have it over a fully planted tank, and I got a new one for that and moved the fluval over to this one to brighten it up. Maybe I brightened it just a bit too much!

It *almost* looks like a bacterial bloom, but it has a green tinge to it. I have maybe 4 live plants in there, the rest are fake because I know he will try and tear them up. The substrate is sand. I have two Aquarium Co-op sponge filters, one a large size and one a medium. Two fluval heaters. And I use a fluval 3.0 above light, although I have been keeping it off hoping that some of this will die down. Here is a picture of my Oscar, Tyrion, he might be about 3 inches in length.

The tank is about 3-4 months old. I can't give EXACT numbers on parameters. But the nitrates and nitrites are at 0, and the water hardness is about 8, and the Ph is about 6-7. I live in the country and we have a well. All of my other tanks have the exact same parameters. I sort of find that odd considering I have one that is over planted, and a couple that are under planted. All of my tanks are crystal clear, except my 75g. It has a few plants, but not many. I am running 2 sponge filters in the 75g, and I have never had any issues up until this point. It hasn't seemed to have improved over the last 2-3 days with turning out the Fluval. I fertilize the tank *maybe* every 2 weeks due to the low amount of live plants in the tank. I will say that when I did the water change this time that I used straight from the well which was a lot colder than when I try to use from our faucet where I can control the temperature. It was pretty cold. Could this have thrown everything off? The temps didn't seem to fluctuate *that* much.

I don't mind it as long as I know it will balance eventually. I had a fluval 3.0 running over it (which probably contributed a lot, haha!). I kicked it off yesterday and I am hoping it calms down. And sure!

Hello, I have a 75g that I recently did a 25% (roughly) water change on. It kick started an algae bloom, and I am not sure what to do. Usually what I do is just darken out the tank and hope for the best. But I am afraid that if I do that, and all of the algae abruptly dies, I will have a major ammonia spike. I have a young Oscar in there at the moment, and I know they're highly sensitive to ammonia. Am I overthinking this, and should just go ahead with a black out? Or are there any other routes I can take to clear this up? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I am going to try one of my kids' glow stick necklaces.. They're pretty bendy, and will glow under my light that I have on my 29 gallon when I change it to the 'sleep' setting. We'll see how it does.

Hi, I have a 30 gallon tank that I have stocked with about 15 Endler's Livebearer males, 4 dwarf corydoras, and 4 mystery snails. Is that too many creatures for one tank? I really would like to add a slightly larger, flashier fish but I don't want to overcrowd. And if I am already overcrowded, I will just shuffle some around.. But I would appreciate everyone's advice. Thanks, MaeDae