aquanoob
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi,
I have a 10 gallon tank with:
2 neon tetras, 3 orange lined rasboras, 2 shrimp, and a couple dozen snails(who's ancestors came in with my plants).
The bottom of the tank is about 80% covered with java moss.
Everything had been running smoothly until recently I noticed that algae was coating some parts of the java moss and neither the snails, nor the shrimp, were eating it.
At my last water change (1 week ago) I tried rinsing it off with some success... but now I have green, murky, water and still have algae growing on the java moss. :?
so, my questions.
Is the algae actually going to hurt anything(i think it won't, my wife thinks it will) or is it purely a cosmetic problem?
How can I get rid of it?
I'm trying to get my tank as close to self maintaining as possible... so a biological solution is more appealing than a chemical one.
My latest test results:
NH3/NO2/NO3 0/0/0
gh/kh 60/40
ph 7.5
CO2 2ppm (calculated)
I have a 10 gallon tank with:
2 neon tetras, 3 orange lined rasboras, 2 shrimp, and a couple dozen snails(who's ancestors came in with my plants).
The bottom of the tank is about 80% covered with java moss.
Everything had been running smoothly until recently I noticed that algae was coating some parts of the java moss and neither the snails, nor the shrimp, were eating it.
At my last water change (1 week ago) I tried rinsing it off with some success... but now I have green, murky, water and still have algae growing on the java moss. :?
so, my questions.
Is the algae actually going to hurt anything(i think it won't, my wife thinks it will) or is it purely a cosmetic problem?
How can I get rid of it?
I'm trying to get my tank as close to self maintaining as possible... so a biological solution is more appealing than a chemical one.
My latest test results:
NH3/NO2/NO3 0/0/0
gh/kh 60/40
ph 7.5
CO2 2ppm (calculated)