mimiheart
Aquarium Advice Freak
In what used to be my grow-out for my baby mollies, I now have a brown algae that I'm pretty sure is a diatom outbreak. When the mollies were babies, this was never a problem in that tank. It now homes serpaes and tiger barbs and an ivory snail. The snail goes on the glass at night and managed to move a decorative plant from one side of the tank to the other, but has made no noticeable difference on the brown stuff. I've done regular cleanings on the glass and my water changes, it just keeps coming back. Yesterday I put a live plant that was covered and the barbs had unplanted into my big tank and the mollies and rainbow shark descended on it right away. It was immediately clear.
I'm wondering if I could put the rainbow shark in the smaller tank for a few days to help with the diatoms. It's not really a tank size I would keep him in long-term. I also have cories and a raphael cat, but they seemed less interested in the algae. I'd consider putting a couple of my smaller mollies in there, but I don't trust the barbs, they're jerks.
I'm wondering if I could put the rainbow shark in the smaller tank for a few days to help with the diatoms. It's not really a tank size I would keep him in long-term. I also have cories and a raphael cat, but they seemed less interested in the algae. I'd consider putting a couple of my smaller mollies in there, but I don't trust the barbs, they're jerks.