myriam
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I moved about a year ago, and since being in the new house, my tank deteriorated. The family room is just too darn sunny and the algae took over my tank, my platys and corys all died, and now my poor tank has been sitting empty for 4 months, and has a forest of algae.
I want to get things going again, but I need some sage advice.
1) Other than scrubbing down the tank and cleaning up the plants, is there anything else I should know about re-Cycling my tank? I will definitely do a water test to make sure my numbers are all good, before getting new fish.
2) The air pump I have now is unbelievably noisy. Any suggestions for an air pump that is so quiet, I can have it on while also watching TV, without sound disruption?
3) Any advice on the best way to clean up plants that are totally covered with algae? I'd rather do it without major chemicals, if that is possible.
4) To prevent the algae from taking over my tank again, any suggestions for particular fish or anything else that could help the algae bloom?
Thanks a lot. I've been absent here for almost a year, and I'm glad to be back
Myriam
I want to get things going again, but I need some sage advice.
1) Other than scrubbing down the tank and cleaning up the plants, is there anything else I should know about re-Cycling my tank? I will definitely do a water test to make sure my numbers are all good, before getting new fish.
2) The air pump I have now is unbelievably noisy. Any suggestions for an air pump that is so quiet, I can have it on while also watching TV, without sound disruption?
3) Any advice on the best way to clean up plants that are totally covered with algae? I'd rather do it without major chemicals, if that is possible.
4) To prevent the algae from taking over my tank again, any suggestions for particular fish or anything else that could help the algae bloom?
Thanks a lot. I've been absent here for almost a year, and I'm glad to be back
Myriam