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Update: Tank is crystal clear after using the lights less for a few weeks. Ordered the green killing machine also to ensure I have no issues later on, therefore I could leave the lights on an hour or two longer if I wanted to. Thanks for the help guys, the advice worked.

I feed them Spectrum small fish pellets and treat them to small doses of bloodworms once per week. I usually feed them a pinch or two twice a day and watch how much they eat, which is always all of it. However, it's been hard to see how much they eat lately with the green cloud and all.

Alright. Well good, I will get the green killing machine then, it seems to be what I need. Thanks for the help, guys

Also, which UV sterilizer brands do you guys trust the most?

Performed the cup test - appears to be an algae bloom. Looks like I'll get a UV sterilizer; will this solve my problem for the most part?

Thanks, guys, really enjoying all the helpful feedback. I will try the white cup test. Would it also work with a clear glass cup? I have white freshwater sand substrate with no live plants. The only things living in my tank are fish/inverts.

Alright. Thanks, sounds like great advice. I've noticed that it'll be cloudy with an algae bloom for a week or so and then it will clear up all of the sudden and there will be small clusters of brownish algae on my artificial plants and that's about it. What do you think that suggests? Is that...

As the thread subject suggests, my tank is one big, green, cloudy mess. How do I solve this problem? I set up and cycled the tank about 2 months ago. I had no initial problems whatsoever with algae or any sort of water quality issues. Lately, though, the tank turns into a greenish cloud less...

Pleasant Hill (suburb of Des Moines). Soon moving to Iowa City. On a side note, anyone know when Petco does there $1 per gallon tank sale next in the great state of IA? Not sure when the chain typically do that event.

Well the site lists the light fixtures as freshwater. I know Beamswork are mostly involved with saltwater lighting but they do do some fresh as well. I'm interested in the blue lighting, yes. I like the look of the blue with the white during the day. I have a friend who has a Beamswork for his...

I'm currently interested in buying a new light fixture for my tank. My tank is a 48" x 12" x 16", 55 gallon aquarium. I'm looking at three different LED fixtures, all by Beamswork. One is 11 W, 900 Lumen with 162 10,000K LEDs and 12 Actinic 460nm LEDs (174 LEDs total, .06 W LED bulbs)...

Thanks for the feedback, guys! Your help is appreciated. I'm very satisfied that you guys have had success with Rams in a community and with invertebrates.

Do all types of tetras school together? For example, would a group of cardinal tetras and a group of rummy-nose tetras school together? If so, would other schooling fish with the same genus school together?

I was wondering how well a Ram Cichlid or other peaceful dwarf cichlids would do in a community tank. I plan to stock the tank with fish such as tetras, gouramis, other small and peaceful fish, small and/or peaceful catfish (e.g. Plecos, Corys), and invertebrates (shrimp, lobster perhaps). Would...

What's the smallest size of tank two breeding discus can share? I'm planning on keeping some of the offspring in a bigger tank with a community once they mature

I'm very interested in setting up a tank with two discus and having them breed. I know that when discus breed that they will have a sort of slime on them that attracts most other fish and the other fish can harm them when they have that coat of slime on them. I was wondering which type of fish...

I am having a "problem" with my fish being practically listless. I have 3 South American Cichlids (Green Terror, Firemouth, Convict) in a 55 gal. The fish are not full grown and still relatively small in comparison to their full growth size. I got them in the summer and they showed a lot of...

I was wondering if a stand or platform of some sort is necessary for a fish tank. I'm planning on getting my second tank, a 10 gallon one, to house fish too small to live with my bigger fish in my 55 gallon, which has a stand. Can a tank of this size be fine on the floor or are there negative...

I was planning on getting an Electric Blue Jack Dempsey (8" max), Green Terror (8" max), a Firemouth (6" max), and possibly 2 Rainbow Cichlids. I know Rainbows are a more peaceful, smaller cichlid but I figured this setup could work out since there will be a lot of cover and there won't be many...

I was wondering if a Blue Phantom Pleco would survive and do well in a Central/South American Cichlid tank. The Cichlids I plan to purchase are semi-aggresive. I have a 55 gallon tank with many caves and driftwood for hiding. I have heard a lot about the bristle nose Pleco being a great fit for...