My 10 and 5 gallon

[BlitzCraze]

10 GALLON

TANK ACCESSORIES
- two 20 watt coralife compact florescent
- heater (78*) and thermometer
- whisper 10-20 gallon on low current
- nice log

PLANTS
- two grass type plants plez help id
- three small java fern ( just added today)

FISH
- one female betta
- two fancy guppies
- two oto cats
- two African dwarf frogs
- one zebra snail

5 GALLON

It's a 5 gallon hexagon tank with bio wheel

Lighting
- one 10 watt aquaeon compact florescent

Tank
One hollow piece of wood

Plants
- one annubis plant attached to wood (attached today)

Fish
- one half-moon betta

Let me know what you guys think

 

[BlitzCraze]

Does anyone think I should add some javamoss to my 10 gallon?

 

[richpowell1989]

I hate java moss it gets everywere looks horrible aswell go for some riccia or Christmas moss they look much better imo

 

[BlitzCraze]

Do they require alot of light or will the coralife 20 watt bulbs be enough

 

[Terrance]

Maybe you can add some ferns or other slow growing low light plant. They go good with anubias.

Is that algae growing on the glass of the tank?

 

[BlitzCraze]

Yes stupid algae loo the 5 gallon is too small for ferns and the 10 gallon I added some now just got to wait for them to grow in

 

[ashleynicole]

Yes stupid algae loo the 5 gallon is too small for ferns and the 10 gallon I added some now just got to wait for them to grow in

I just spent some time scrubbing the algae in my 5 gallon tanks... My wrist hurts... Lol.

Don't know much about moss. But you could do some crypts, dwarf sagittaria, wisteria, rotala....

 

[Fishie]

I just spent some time scrubbing the algae in my 5 gallon tanks... My wrist hurts... Lol.

Don't know much about moss. But you could do some crypts, dwarf sagittaria, wisteria, rotala....

Get a algae eater. Nice tanks

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Get a algae eater. Nice tanks

In a 5?! No. They either won't fit or won't have enough food.

 

[BlitzCraze]

Yes I'll grab some I'm thinking about getting led lighting but it's 300 :/

 

[ashleynicole]

An algae eater really isn't a solution to algae, and the only thing that really eats green spot algae are some species of plecos, there is no pleco that should go in a 5 gallon.
I was just noticing the pictures in this thread there is a lot of algae in the tank and commenting that I have to spend time scrubbing green spot algae. Excel helps cut down on it though, but its still there.

 

[Fishie]

In a 5?! No. They either won't fit or won't have enough food.

:O a 5 ... I'm so smart...

 

[BlitzCraze]

Re designed the tank an cleaned 95% of tha algae what do you think ? And what should I add and where?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Re designed the tank an cleaned 95% of tha algae what do you think ? And what should I add and where?

Very pretty.

 

[BlitzCraze]

Thanks just got some Bolbitis heudeloti for my ten gallon will post pics once it's planted

 

[Tarno]

For an algae eater, would an Otocinclus (oto cat) or 2 (or 3) work? They only grow to 2 inches and are skinny.

 

[ashleynicole]

For an algae eater, would an Otocinclus (oto cat) or 2 (or 3) work? They only grow to 2 inches and are skinny.

I wouldn't put ottos in anything smaller than a 10, they like schools and are pretty active at times. However, I have a school in my 29 gallon and I put one of them in one of my 5 gallon betta tanks to eat some diatoms and I can't get the little guy out! It's a heavily planted tank and he is just too quick . He's been in there about 6 months and I feed him crumbles of algae wafers a few times a week, but otos only eat soft algae, they won't eat that green stuff, its too tough.

 

[BlitzCraze]

My tanks are now algae free I'll post update pics tonight