29 gallon suprise

[Brad.Sedore]

yeah... just they are EVERYWHERE on the glass on the side that i havent cleaned covering the rock the heater completely covered the whole inside of the filter.... kinda an eye sore... but if they are harmless they are cool with me

-Brad

 

[neilanh]

They'll go away eventually - they'll consume up the silicates and then be gone

 

[Brad.Sedore]

sweet... is there any way to prevent this with new tanks.. for future reference

-Brad

 

[Tank2379]

Nope it just part of the process as well....

 

[neilanh]

The only way I know of is to skip the step in setting up a tank where you add water. It has other drawbacks to it though, and should be thoroughly researched before attempting this method.

 

[Brad.Sedore]

ill just put up with the brown stuff

-Brad

 

[Brad.Sedore]

im seeing little stick green things... and some feather dusters growing on the glass... is this normal... what are these green things? they are less than a mm thick and maybe a cm long... unnoticable from a far.

-Brad

 

[neilanh]

hydroids?

 

[Brad.Sedore]

im not too sure what that is... they are little green lines... tiny can even notice them untill you come really really close to the tank... they wouldent be feather dusters growing would they?

-Brad

 

[Tank2379]

The only way I know of is to skip the step in setting up a tank where you add water. It has other drawbacks to it though, and should be thoroughly researched before attempting this method.

LOL....

 

[Brad.Sedore]

The good... The Bad... and oh god the ugly

Well my readings this morning are

ammonia .5 ppm (was 4 ppm before i went to bed)
N02 seems to be over 1ppm
no3 is just a little disclored so id guess .5-1?


but the bad theres definitly hydriods in my tank. not out of control. ive cleaned them out with tweezers and patience but they are already starting to come back.

now the ugly.. hair algae. starting to develop on everything... what can i do before it gets terrible?


-Brad

 

[neilanh]

Less hours of lighting, and I would test for phosphates, it's likely feeding them.

 

[Tank2379]

Yes... Phosphate is food for Algae.

 

[Brad.Sedore]

from the top

SG 1.026
Temp 83F
PH 7.8
NO2 just over 1ppm
Ammonia 0.50ppm
NO3 just over 0
Ca 480
phosphates did not register
KH 179 ppm or 10 dKH


any ideas.

-Brad

 

[Brad.Sedore]

maybe some pictures will help you guys out... the i exadgerated the green to show you how much there actually is. as its pretty hard to see it against the rock.

what is this guy... it looks like a sponge with tenticles

more of the brown stuff.. closer up

is this mushroom hurt... it hasent moved all day

thank you

-Brad

 

[Brad.Sedore]

anyone?... it has pretty well doubled overnight.

-Brad

 

[panza]

maybe some turbo snails would help with the algae..... when i had hair algae problomes in the begginning my turbo ate right through it

 

[Brad.Sedore]

i guess i can wait out the cycle... look at this hideous stuff... then buy some turbos for my problem.

-Brad

 

[panza]

yeah just when you get the turbos be sure to pull as much out of the algae as possible cause if its to long the snails wont eat it...

 

[Brad.Sedore]

any ideas on the spongue with tenticals.

-Brad