Recent content by maricutie

i had 2 amano shrimp in my other 10 gal tank, but for some reason they disappeared after a month without removing any of the hair algae that I'd bought them for. did a great job on the driftwood, though ... but I think i'm more comfortable w/the otos b/c they aways seem to be hanging around the...

Hi everyone! I recently constructed a plant-only aquarium and have what I think is soft green algae growing on the acrylic front of the tankand on some of the plants. It's definetely not the hard spot algae (although this too comes in spots) because i used to get that in my other tank and...

oops. yeah, I forgot to mention ... i have 2 10W mini compact flurescents(sp?) in the tank. so far the problem I have about growth is just specific to the green spot algae. my java fern, brazilian swords and banana plant grow enough -- a leaf or two a week, which is just fine for me! the...

Wow, thanks for the response! I'd been wondering about adding CO2 to my tank for awhile now, but the algae problem had me worrying that it would either increase the plant growth or the growth of the algae. Since my plants are growing ok (nothing too spectacular, but hey) i figured I wouldn't...

Hi! I'm currently trying to get rid of green spot algae in my 10Gal tank, and i have tried almost everything. The lighting is moderate at 2 watts/gal b/c i have java ferns, brazilian swords, banana plant and tons of anarchis -- in general, requiring pretty low levels of light. The lights are...