Adam M

new aquarium, been filled about 1 month getting a lot of this brown kinda stringy/fluffy algae

1 week after flooding the tank (added the java ferns yesterday)

i have a tiger lotus i grew from a bulb that i was thinking of putting in it, but open to suggestions

i setup a 40 gallon breeder with about 100lbs of CaribSea Eco-Complete and 2 packets of seeds from amazon. i just scattered them on top of the substrate and kept the misted. this is what it looks like on day 8 should i flood the tank now, or wait the 15 days it says to?

would a fluval 3.0 48" be enough for "High Light" plants for nice carpets etc?

Thanks for the info i will do some looking into the listed sources. I am about 3 months out from actually getting to start this project ( moving in feb and going to wait until then)

this is a rough concept of what i want the scape to look like, i am going to use blue gravel to make the stream at the bottom got some java ferns that are fairly large and bushy to use for trees. as far as fish, i have no idea what i want to put in it more interested in scaping it

I'm looking for recommendations on light & filter. I am wanting a nice carpet of something not sure yet, but most of the other plants i have already decided on.

i think that might have been it there was not really a sharp point but it had an edge on a clip holding an air hose in place i removed

my son brought home a goldfish from a school project very small about 2 inches and that took care of my duckweed i don't think i could even grow it if i wanted to with him in the tank

I have to agree, all the plants i have bought from ACO i have just planted in the tank, now plants from LFS get rinsed at least 🙂

he never stops moving its hard to get a good picture of him

no he doesn't seem to be bloated at all, and his scales look great ( not sticking out / pine cone like at all) except for the few missing and the new white spots, i tried to take a better photo but he was being stubbon lol

My child brought a goldfish home from school in a 2 litter "terrarium" they made at the end of last school year, it was tiny now it's clost to 5 inches and has started getting white spots on it. possibly loosing scales, currently it's in a 20 gallon high (i know its too small but we are moving in jan and i have a 125 there he is going to move to) with 6 bloodfin tetras (still way to big for him to eat) and a small bn pleco a couple of nerite snails. it's a medium planted tank currently 6 anubias, 1 java fern, 1 something the LFS called a red ruben, 6 sprouts of valsnaria (spelling), and a few stems of scarlett temple and a new maybe 4x4 piece of java moss. total hardness 65 20-25 nitrates, 0 ammonia 0 nitrite, 73 deg. kh 70ish, ph 7.4 using aqueon plant food 1 dose per week as instructed co2 at 1.1 bps also i think he had the white spots before i got the tetras they were placed in tank on the 11th of this month. fish eats great ( anything that will fit) never stops swimming or pooping for that matter seems and acts fine

My child brought a goldfish home from school in a 2 litter "terrarium" they made at the end of last school year, it was tiny now it's clost to 5 inches and has started getting white spots on it. possibly loosing scales, currently it's in a 20 gallon high (i know its too small but we are moving in jan and i have a 125 there he is going to move to) with 6 bloodfin tetras (still way to big for him to eat) and a small bn pleco a couple of nerite snails. it's a medium planted tank currently 6 anubias, 1 java fern, 1 something the LFS called a red ruben, 6 sprouts of valsnaria (spelling), and a few stems of scarlett temple and a new maybe 4x4 piece of java moss. total hardness 65 20-25 nitrates, 0 ammonia 0 nitrite, 73 deg. kh 70ish, ph 7.4 using aqueon plant food 1 dose per week as instructed co2 at 1.1 bps also i think he had the white spots before i got the tetras they were placed in tank on the 11th of this month. fish eats great ( anything that will fit) never stops swimming or pooping for that matter seems and acts fine sorry brower glitched didnt' meant to double post

removed all the plants that wasn't rooted and peroxided them, removed all the drift wood and stuff and cleaned them off put all back in aquarium reduced lighting slightly and upped co2 to about 1.2 bps will post updates as the battle continues 🙂

i removed the java fern, and a pleco tube that had the most on it and cleaned off what little was on a couple other decorations and plants. i have just ( over this past weekend setup co2 for the tank and have it flowing at about 1 bps). also just replaced the stock led hood with a finnex plant 24/7 ( just did that today after the bba cleanup)

Thanks for the quick reply!

This is my first aquarium it has been setup for about 6 weeks, has had fish in it for the past 2 weeks. some of my plants mainly java fern (in picture) growing off it, i have 2 nerite snails, 6 tetras 1 common goldfish and a pleco. nothing seems to eat it