el_jeffe
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello everyone, I'm new to aquariums and I've gotten myself into a jam. I have a 29 gal planted tank with canister filter, c02, and a small UV sterilizer. Not sure what other details to give so I apologize in advance.
I unknowingly purchased a pregnant platy and then she proceeded to have a 2nd batch so I've got around 20 of them now around 1-2 months old and still quite small. Had a big ammonia spike(off the charts) so I bought the API nitra-zorb and that brought ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite down to 0 and has kept it there consistently. I've since had a bloom of staghorn algae on the decor and some of the gravel but luckily it's left most of the plants alone. The plants are looking green and healthy and are growing rapidly but so is the algae. I have a plec that is spoiled and will only eat algae tabs and the 3 amano shrimp don't touch the stuff. Is there anything I can do to stop it?
I unknowingly purchased a pregnant platy and then she proceeded to have a 2nd batch so I've got around 20 of them now around 1-2 months old and still quite small. Had a big ammonia spike(off the charts) so I bought the API nitra-zorb and that brought ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite down to 0 and has kept it there consistently. I've since had a bloom of staghorn algae on the decor and some of the gravel but luckily it's left most of the plants alone. The plants are looking green and healthy and are growing rapidly but so is the algae. I have a plec that is spoiled and will only eat algae tabs and the 3 amano shrimp don't touch the stuff. Is there anything I can do to stop it?