Recent content by Brian93

I think it is that also or could be from the plants i have in there. I have a few i need to trim and maybe remove. I think I have to many. I'm starting to notice an algae buildup on the back glass. All the plants in my tank are live except 1. I only have 2 small algae eaters.

After reading quite a few other web pages about Ostracods, if that is what they are, they sound like there are impossible to get rid of. The ones I have are so tiny you can not see any of their features.

I agree with what you are saying.

40 gallon tank: 6 GloFish: 6 Neon Tetras 3 Long-Finned Skirt Tetras 2 Otocinclus 4 Red Minor Serpae Tetra 2 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami, Male Plants: Java Fern Amazon Sword Temple Compacta

I noticed a few weeks ago very tiny somethings moving around in my tank. I do a 10% water change every 2 weeks. This past week I noticed whatever these things are was getting worse so did a 30ish% water change. I set and watched them the other night and looks like the swimming, moving on there...

This stuff just started showing up about 3 1/2 weeks ago. I don't have it as bad some tanks I've seen online when researching this stuff. I have cut my light down to about 4 hours a day, that's about as low as I feel comfortable with plants I have. I'm going to get 2 Otocinclus fish this...

Thanks for all the info. Using AqAdvisor - Intelligent Freshwater Tropical Fish Aquarium Stocking Calculator and Aquarium Tank/Filter Advisor, this is what I am going to do. (see attachment) I plan on adding each species to the tank about 4-5 weeks apart. That should give the system time to...

THANKS for the feedback. How do you know when the nitrogen cycle is complete? So when I add more fish that starts the nitrogen cycle back up? I'm using the Prime stuff and from what I understand it will still cause ammonia to show up in water test. Is that right?

Thanks for taking time to read my post. My wife and I thought it would be a good idea to get an aquarium for our 2 year old. So we went out and bought a 40 breeder tank from our local Pet Smart. We set it up with a few fake plants and 3 rock displays. I have a Marineland Penguin 170 filter...