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So I'm curious what everyone's thoughts on this are. I've been looking locally for some GBR's and had no luck finding any in the surrounding area. I'm headed back home to western washington for a few days and know that some of the LFS's there carry GBRs. So my question is, would it be a bad...

Unfortunately none of my lfs's have any German Blue Rams or are expecting any anytime soon. Anyone know of a good place to buy German Blue Rams Online?

I've experienced cloudy water before, but I'm kinda stuck on what this one is. Little back story, I have a 20g planted tank that has been setup and going for a few months now. A little over a week ago I cleaned out some hornwort and cleaned off some of the green spot algae that had built up...

Its probably just some bio-film thats showing up on the surface, it's not a big deal (other than being unsightly). If you can get an airstone or some other surface disruption it will usually go away.

I've never done it myself, but I've heard of people that have done so. They mentioned boiling it to sterilize it (especially if it's been sitting for a while) as unwanted bacteria can sometimes find its way into the water.

with no specs its tough to say if it'd be enough light. Either way, more light can't hurt with HC. You thinking of adding CO2 at all? I've been considering getting a nano tank (spec/flora/etc) myself so I'm interested to see how this develops!

Was wondering if anyone had any Giant Bacopa (Bacopa caroliniana) they could part with? Thanks edit: filled thx

I have a Rena XP1 on my 20g that I like a lot. Fairly easy to clean and have had it for a few years now.

only way is to wait and see if it goes away once you correct the water parameters.

The brown splotches on the plants could be diatoms or just old plant material. The white/blueish stuff looks like it might be some kind of fungus. check this out: Greater Washington Aquatic Plant Association » Algae in the Planted Aquarium and see if it matches up with anything you can see...

got a pic?

it depends, some of the test in the kit work for salt and fresh. It will say on the label what it works on.

Its still a fairly new tank, and yes it was pretty slimy. This is new pool filter sand (source of silica) so I was leaning towards diatoms with the increase in nitrates from cycling and the silica.

I removed a bunch of it this morning and it comes off the plants fairly easily. If it is some sort of fungus am I fubar'd or is there something I can do to remove it?

I believe you can buy another light that you can mount next to the one that comes with it to double up the wpg. I haven't heard anything bad about the unit itself. I've been looking into whether I should go for the flora or spec myself.