Recent content by litebrite8765

I have planaria on my glass and floating in the water, at least I think it's planaria. I've had them before but I don't know why I have them now. I know they are caused by uneaten food, but my nitrates are only 5ppm and I do water changes with gravel vacuuming every week (40%) I don't vacuum...

I am going to take one bulb out, so I only have 24 watts of t5ho on the tank. I am going to start dosing some liquid ferts and continue dosing carbon. Do you think I before starting this I could do I 4 day blackout to kill off the algae that is present? It is covering the leaves of my plants...

I only have 2 bulbs on my tank at the moment. 48 watts in all Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

would it be possible to take one bulb out so that I have only 24 watts of t5ho? Would that be considered low light? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I meant to type "can shrimp tolerate Liquid co2?" Sorry Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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Because I didn't have algae for so long, and one day it started getting bad, I think it may had something to do with my gravel fertilizers. I put a few root tabs under my swords and wisterias, carefully following the instructions and replenishing every two months. But I started to vacuum the top...

I've had Java fern live in my 37 gal before I added stronger lighting. It started growing very fast after I added the stronger lighting, but even with the standard leds it lived but grew slowly Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Do you think a bleach dip would be okay just to temporarily control the bba? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Would a pleco be to aggressive for the plants- would he break the leaves? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Will a dip in a bleach mixture get rid of the algae for the time being while I get all my factors straightened out? Will it harm the plants? (Swords, Anubias, Java fern) strangely my wisteria only has Brown algae on it Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Should I just invest in glut instead of he little co2 bottles? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I feel like my plants are dying because of the algae on their leaves. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

No indirect or direct sunlight . Diatoms, green spot, and I think Cyanobacteria or something along with the black clumps growing on my swords. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

My nitrates are 5 ppm, lighting has been a little irregular but now around 8 hours, dosing api co2 about 1.5 times the recommended amount because someone recommended I do that in my last post. My algae is getting exponentially worse. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice