Rudles Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 My 29 finally cycled and now has inhabitants. My Bronze Corydora and two Siamese algae eaters. I'm having a bit of trouble with brown dust algae, some sort of string algae and overall my plants are struggling. I put a UV sterilizer online and I run it about eight hours a day. I have my light on about eight hours a day but I dropped it down to the low setting. I also brought my diy co2 system online and I run it about eight hours a day at about two bubbles per second. My Bacopa Caroliniana is the first so far to show any new growth. Should I discontinue Easy Green for a couple of weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyjuliano Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) “Brown dust algae” isn’t algae at all, but diatoms. It’s very normal in newly set up tanks. Want to get rid of it fast? Nerite Snails and / or a few Ottos. Edited June 8, 2021 by tonyjuliano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudles Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Thank you :) I may have to order a couple. I don't have a LFS and have to order everything online. I have been considering Nerite snails so I think I'll go ahead and make an order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyjuliano Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rudles said: I think I'll go ahead and make an order. 4-5 for a 29 gallon, and give them 2 weeks. You will be amazed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I’ll second the recommendation for Otocinclus and I’ll add Amano Shrimp to the list. Two or three of each will really help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just now, Patrick_G said: I’ll second the recommendation for Otocinclus and I’ll add Amano Shrimp to the list. Two or three of each will really help. I love my Amanos, but they're definitely not the workers I was expecting -- not yet anyway. I think mine are still too young. 🤣 Currently they're the tank sneaky jerks, always hatching evil plots under a specific clump of java moss and stealing the corydora tablets for their very own. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just now, laritheloud said: I love my Amanos, but they're definitely not the workers I was expecting -- not yet anyway. I think mine are still too young. 🤣 Currently they're the tank sneaky jerks, always hatching evil plots under a specific clump of java moss and stealing the corydora tablets for their very own. I know! They’re sinking pellet bandits! I’ve been lucky enough to get some full grown ones from a LFS. They’re huge! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Bladder snail will clean the individual leaves of even the most delicate plants. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Patrick_G said: I know! They’re sinking pellet bandits! I’ve been lucky enough to get some full grown ones from a LFS. They’re huge! All this time I was thinking the cories were eating them all... until I saw a big tan-colored mass beneath that moss. Dang shrimp! I ordered mine, but even the amanos at the LFS were very small. They've got a ways to go with their growing, but they've been through at least 2 or 3 molts since I got them a couple months ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Guppysnail said: Bladder snail will clean the individual leaves of even the most delicate plants. oh 100%. I watched a teensy baby bladder snail clean off an enormous Anubias Barteri leaf in one day. Not a speck of brown left on it, and it systematically moved to another leaf the next day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I love to watch them twist down my anacharis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudles Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Wanted to order some Nerite snails 🐌 but Aqua Huna is sold out. I have 10 Cardinal Tetras and 14 Neon Tetras on the way. I want to be careful not to overstock. I have 3 of my 7 SAEs in my 29 leaving 4 in my 20. Everybody's going to be in my 29 soon and I'll tear down the 20 and get it going again. Once it's cycled I want to get a Betta and start a community around it. I have a spare 20 high that I'm going to keep just for a hospital tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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