[Clean up crew for my breeding aquariums]

Hello everyone,

I have a fish rack with 20 aquariums. I breed multiple species of fish, shrimp and plants.
 

For the last year things have been great, but since a few months algae started growing on the plants in my tanks. It grows on the leaves, on the rocks and on my sponge filters. It looks like some sort of tiny hair algae (see photo, it is on the leaves of the plants in this tank) Plants like jungle val. seem to really struggle because of this. I do not have a clean up crew yet. 

What do you guys recommend putting in my tanks that will clean up this kind of algae? Will snails eat my ricefish and killifish eggs? Most importantly what is the best/most economical clean up crew for a fish room with this many tanks? 

Thanks in advance,

 

Fabian

 

[Need an ID on this pleco]

On 11/16/2021 at 3:12 PM, Cys aquatics said:

i'm like 90% sure that it is a gold stripe panaque

It does have the same features but the stripes are more present on the gold stripe panaque. Maybe it is bred to have thinner stripes...? I have two of them and they look exactly the same. Thank you for your suggestion! 

On 11/16/2021 at 3:56 PM, Atitagain said:

Sorry I have no idea what kind it is. But I do know it’s really cool. I love the bands and the tail as well.

Yes it looks very cool! I got two of them and I hope I can get them to breed.

[Need an ID on this pleco]

Hello! I got this Pleco from my uncle. I don't exactly know what type it is. Can anyone give me a name? 🙂

[Aquarium plants not growing in my fish rack.]

Thank you for the feedback guys. My main problem is that most of the plants have not converted to submersed state after four months and start to grow algae on them. Does it normally take this long? Do you think 33watt output is enough?

 

On 9/23/2021 at 7:53 PM, Zenzo said:

Also, you mentioned using fertilizer. Are you also using a root tab fertilizer? These can help quite a bit for root-feeders.

I am using liquid fertilizer for the plants. 

[Aquarium plants not growing in my fish rack.]

Hello everyone,

My fish breeding rack has been running since last June. The fish are doing amazing and breed like crazy. However the plants do not grow, or grow very slowly in all of my tanks. Ofcourse I want to resolve this issue because plants help me keep the tanks clean. The plants are starting to grow algae from not growing quickly enough.

My setup is as following: Every shelve of my rack has six 10 gallon tanks with 1 light per 3 tanks. The lights are the 90B from Twinstar and has an output of 33Watts. The lights are also directly above the tanks. Every tank has a sponge filter and has weekly automatic waterchanges + the addition of fertilizer. The tanks also have fish in them. My PH is 7.5. 

Also notable: All the plants I have are bought as non-Co2 Invitro plants and look nearly the same as 3 months ago.

What do you guys think the main issue is here? Thank you in advance. 

Plants I have:

Phyllanthus fluitans

Sagittaria subulata

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green

Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Bacopa caroliniana

Photos are taken with Iphone. colors are not this vibrant in real life.