Streetwise Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 Try a bulkie roll or bagel. On a slightly more serious note, there is something special about hair algae on Mopani wood if you can contain it. I dislike hair algae when combined with floating plants or moss to create velcro, but I like it when it is rooted and independent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Thats brilliant, I need to try the bagel 😂 but yeah, what I have done is use a marimo moss ball to try to mimic hair algae a bit but it does not flow like hair algae does. It looks really good in your aquarium! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 I should be clear that there was no plan. That bow is in different room than my other glass tanks, and it got a ton of window light in addition to my schedule. I used to have to get in there periodically with a pair of skewers to spin off the excess strings of hair algae, and scrape the back glass. I tried many different filters, and flow levels. Eventually, I ended up with a pair of nano sponge filters. The plants were enough for filtration, but I wanted to move water, and my shrimp love sponges so much. I got 85% blackout curtains to control the window light, and I also added a spare symmetrical HoB, to help submerge any spare duckweed and catch it in the medium pre-filter. This is the only tank I have with hair algae like this, so I don't have a recipe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Yeah it is interesting to me how some people have been able to grow hair algae on surfaces but not the plants. I imagine someone will come out with the recipe eventually 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 I just moved my female betta from a 3.5 to my community 16 bow, because she needed more space. I hope she gets along with her new tank mates! I will take a photo tomorrow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 She is thriving and getting along. Her previous tank was a healthy home, but it was getting hard to keep up with the water top-offs from evaporation. It might become another shrimp tank. I have never moved a fish with lights-out, but maybe it was a good idea. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 She’s a looker! Are those Danios with her? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 This tank has Bloodfin tetras, Glow-fin tetras, Otoclinclus, Siamese algae eaters, and yellow Neocaridina shrimp, plus bladder snails and Ramshorn snails. It might also have Pygmy Corydoras. Cheers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Was wondering what those blood fin tetras were! Wow great betta! Do you like the female bettas over the male bettas? I was reading through some of your older posts in this thread and I saw that the betta before this was also a female. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Two thumbs up for the Bloodfins. They look nice in the blackwater tank. Edited June 15, 2021 by Patrick_G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 I have not yet tried male Bettas. I thought the females were under-appreciated, so I was drawn to them. The Bloodfin tetras are probably my current favorite tetras, but I might be getting some new inhabitants soon, so I am moving some fish around to prepare. I will probably be moving all of the White Clouds from my parents’ tank to my cousins’ pond next, to open up a seasoned tank. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Someday I will show that this Betta is blue. 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Your scape in that bow front is just perfect. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Killer nano tank! Agree on hair algae. Sometimes you just have to accept it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 I need to top-off these windowsill shrimp tanks. The middle tank is just a wet houseplant for now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 My favorite part is that your not using any lights, only sun light. I assume your tank is very balanced considering the fact its not a green water mess. If I had space by a window I might do an aquarium there. Awesome tanks! Super fascinating! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 @James Black, I ran these 2.5 gallon tanks with lights and various filters for a while, as I was learning. After running no-tech outdoor tubs, and dealing with ambient light for indoor tanks, I decided that my tech was taking up too much room in these small aquariums. They are on the northern side of my apartment, so the light is mellow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 To beat the heat, I had to clean some sponges, increase flow, remove duckweed, remove a light, and remove lids. I did add some mulm to a 2.5 to get it ready for shrimp. For my optional HoBs, it seems that the prefilter for each catches about four times as much as the filter sponges. I don't really need them for filtering, but I am glad to have them moving water during this heat. I just squeezed out the prefilter sponges right into the tank water in photos 1 and 3. In photo two, I added mulm water. The other three are just shots of the 2.5 shrimp tanks with no changes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Some messes clean-up faster than others! I stirred the Askoll 20 a bit more! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 6:20 PM, Streetwise said: I seem to have posted many photos without fish, so I fed first this time: Great looking egg McMuffin.. think I'll go make one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 I gave away all the Rubber Plants that I was growing out. Here are some of my smaller tanks. 1.25, 3 x 2.5, 7.5 gallons. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 @Streetwise wow I love the footprint of the 2.5s, I envision an organic soil aquarium with large amazon swords growing leaves out of the water and driftwood sticking out the top. But maybe that is just my mts creeping up 😂 anyways, I love the tanks! I love the way the crypts are sticking out of the surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 @Isaac M, I had taller wood, but eventually duckweed removal became more important than emergent wood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 @Streetwise I completely understand, I am having trouble getting into some of my aquariums nowadays, the nice thing about organic soil aquariums is you do not need to get in there very often! Duckweed is a different story though 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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