earhtmother
Aquarium Advice FINatic
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So the hubby belongs to the *it's just a fish tank* club - he has a 125g with 2 LARGE plecos 12-15", an SAE, 2 Split Fins, a dozen or so Kribs that occasionally breed & multiple platys that breed regularly but with all the other fish most of the fry are generally just a live food source. He feeds, does water changes when they seem to be acting strange or start dying but other than that he pretty much leaves everything alone. The algae gets tackled when it finally gets to the point *I* can't stand looking at it anymore because he says the fish like to eat it and it provides cover for the fry. So it's algae time again because it's all I see when I look in his tank & he is getting a lot of platy deaths (one every few of days sometimes). I won't be able to get it all, even if he would let me. I am going to replace at least 1/2-3/4 of his plants (they're all plastic) & try to trim the worst of the algae covered "leaves" off the rest. Other than less food (he DOES overfeed but says it all gets eaten off the bottom by the plecos & others scavenging)or less light (tank faces large front window & he turns the lights on at 7am & off at 10 pm) neither of which are going to change without a major battle, is there anything we(I) can do to perhaps slow down the algae growth? Also how does everyone keep their nets clean/sanitized? I never really thought about net care before because *I* have never had any problems in my tanks other than the occasional ick break out but now I want to prevent passing anything he might have to my tanks since he is experiencing such a large die off.
