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What kind of lighting do you have?

I believe that the glut, being carbon based is definitely a plus on low-med light setups. It allows the plants to "geta leg up on the competition" ALGAE. If you want to do a med-high light then I'd go pressurized. Rivercats dumps alot of glute in her tank to compensate for not having a...

It is odd for fish to eat bba. My sae and a few mollies will but not to the extent that it makes a difference. Did you ever scrape that stuff off and smell it? Nasty,nasty ... I wouldn't wanna eat it either.

The good news is, you say you have fish eating bba??? Cool! I'm aware of only 2 fish, my mollies and SAE'S

That is bba on the roots. If you have enough water circulation at the substrate then bba will occur there as well.

I agree, and it's probably just one leak. Your possibly losing pressure in just one spot.

I tried for awhile on a 40g breeder. It didn't do the trick. I agree with Brian N.

Imo, not viable or efficient. If you have the $ then try to go pressurized.

Maybe try a more dense media for your mechanical tray.

Trout may be right. Looks to me like swords so if thats the case,wiping them would help.

One more thing... what's your current stock list? Flora and fauna.

What type of lights do you have? Do you dose ferts? Co2? Photoperiod? From the pics it looks like diatoms and the previous post was right. Once they cover your plant leaves photosynthesis is shut down. How old is your setup?

Lol. Doesn't take much to turn guppies on. Well said.

Wanted to jump in on 1 of your threads Dan. I like what your doing so far with everything. I also like the first pic best, though both look swell.

Yep. 2 black moors and a few singletails so yes, I know exactly how concerned you are. I just wish I could help more.