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you are welcome. just saw today that he is gone. how sad ;-(

oh no 😞 i am so sorry.

True, the brown algae is soft and wipes off. More accurately, the tank is 65 in long, 24 inches wide (depth from front to back) 24 inches in height. The lighting I had before was two reptile spotlight holders and the bulbs used in them were LED spotlights (the kind you put in recessed lighting in your kitchen) The only plants in there were anubias. So I took my anacharis & vallisneria from another tank and put it into this tank with one long led lamp from aquarium co-op. The current plants are only on one side of the tank, as my synodontis enjoys the shade. The current plants were free of any algae before they went into this tank. When I put them in I put the aquarium coop lamp at half light since it was pretty bright and I only left it on for a few hours a day within a week I had brown algae. I've adjusted time & brightness to no avail. I'm wondering if I need another lamp. I hear what you're saying each setting that I had I left on for at least a week

rephrasing my original question. Do i need 1 lamp or two, to grow plants, not brown algae? (like one lamp at back of tank & one lamp at the front. 24 in deep, 24 inch wide tank, the top is 5 mm thick acrylic

there is one large 10 year old bnp in there, root tabs in the substrate and ive tried the aquarium coop liq fert and also done a 70% water change and added charcoal to remove it, neither way made any difference. never did have good luck with plants in this tank, always have good luck with sunlight, but alas, spouse doesnt want this tank moved . in the tank where this val used to be it did sooooo well and grew so fast and algae free, i ONLY used root tabs, sun light and fluorescent bulbs

24 in deep, 24 inch wide tank, the top is 5 mm thick acrylic. I put one aquarium co-op lamp on top of that side of the tank that is planted. I've tried only lighting it for an hour and a half. Or 5 hours. At low level light. At high level light. And everywhere in between. But all of my plants and the walls of the tank on that side where the light is are covered in brown algae. I have four fish tanks all with the same tap water and the same substrate which is fluorite. This is the only tank that has brown algae. The other tanks are all by a window and get several hours of sunlight during the day and they all have fluorescent lighting on top. You can still buy fluorescent lights in the reptile section of your local pet store. Do you think it is because I need more lighting or less? Again this is the only tank that does not get any sunlight and moving this tank is out of the question at this time. The algae is brown and my phone takes terrible pictures so whatever color you see just know that in real life it's brown.

i have a tank filled to the tip top with plants and water, no lid, with only shrimp and snails. no shrimp has ever tried to escape. only time i saw them near the top for long was when i transferred them to a new tank, the water parameters must have been not to thier liking, so i promptly put them back where they were. they are amanos and Blue neocaridina

Yes co2 thanks for your input

no thanks to the chihiros

Tank is 24 wide and 20 high. do you all recommend a light in the back and a light in the front if I am trying to grow high light plants like dwarf grass? i'd love opinions before i buy two lamps instead of one thanks

Thank you!

I signed up for the aquarium co-op newsletter which is supposed to come on Tuesdays and also has the link for entering in the contest. But I never received a letter and today is Tuesday. Unless it was a different day and I misremembered something

Great uses, though I do feel sad, that anyone cuts down a live tree just for decor. It's great to reuse them though.

Dear Grandma blood, I used the spare bathroom tub for months, to keep my fish. I removed the regular drain cover & used a flat rubber stopper with a rock on top, https://www.amazon.com/DANCO-Suction-Stopper-1-Pack-89042/dp/B00G99DMVU/ref=asc_df_B00G99DMVU/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198091011796&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7150388879968716568&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012383&hvtargid=pla-349074179758&psc=1 You could use a sponge filter with an air stone. I was lucky in that I have a raised tub in the spare bathroom, so I was able to put one of my canister filters on the floor and that actually worked really well for the several months I had them in there. One of my glass tanks started leaking and we had an acrylic one made for us, along with a custom stand, which is why the fish were living in the tub. so anyway if you have a spare bathroom with a tub that you are not using I imagine the fish would love it and they could all stay together, fish are people too.

Say, Cory, could I get a cave? I mean, why not, it’s a plan! I would love a hideout just a few pix, coming around the corner to chat

WEEEE, I like swimming around, once in awhile create some current in here, forget the plants for awhile, think of me, I would not mind a change of current for a few hours sometimes

I do NOT always sit on the other side of the tank looking at my reflection! Put a taped mirror there though, so that I can see a friend! See how I am on the other side now! also plz play some classical piano music near my acrylic sometimes, I heard that I, and my roommates would REALLY enjoy this, do it! I am good looking, you’re welcome

They don’t get fed Once or twice a week bcuz of my work

Welllllllll, yes. See the addendum to my original answer. maybe it just needs a good cleaning and re-planting on account of the snails they poop so much lol

Green red or brown cyanobacteria, is common in a relatively new setup. antibiotics, or water changes and fluffing up the sand. Commonly grows in dead areas where there is not a lot of flow like in sand for an example. ” cyanobacteria can produce cyanotoxins … Cyanotoxins can also accumulate in other animals such as fish and shellfish, and cause poisonings such as shellfish poisoning. “ Stewart, I., Webb, P.M., Schluter, P.J. et al. Recreational and occupational field exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria – a review of anecdotal and case reports, epidemiological studies and the challenges for epidemiologic assessment. Environ Health 5, 6 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-5-6

omg that’s great info, thank you. Knowing this, I might just plant more in my tallest tank, Most of us do not have a PAR meter. So your tank is 48 inches long, what size (length) of the Fluval 3.0 did you get? I wonder if the PAR is just as good with the shorter lamps

i found that cleaning around the upper rim can make a difference. a lot of moldy gunk can grow up in the rim of a glass tank, another reason i love the few acrylic tanks i have. try a wet paper towel for the first wipe, then a q-tip dipped in peroxide up in the rim area

i had this issue, my fix= 1) buy a rectangular shaped woven plastic basket from dollar store. 2)buy the large prewashed salad from the grocery store. 3) plant your plants in the salad container after you eat the salad 4) put the planted salad container on top of the plastic basket, it is now tall enough for the lighting. I also added in the substrate Seachem Flourish Tabs Growth Supplement - Aquatic Plant Stimulant, and lightly dosed the water column with Aquariumcoop easy green, i dont plant the whole tank, so i never know how much to add. my plants now grow so well in all my tanks i actually have to trim the tops off every so often

I found out They are millennium rainbows

I was thinking they looked like these deepwater Creek Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida) that I saw on the imperial tropical website