Hi All,
I just joined and am looking for a little bit of advice. Here's what I have for you all.
I have a 5.5 gallon fish tank. It has a few plastic plants and a couple of other decorations - nothing elaborate. I have a Whisper 10i filter system. In the tank are three GloFish, 2 Neon Tetras and a Cory Catfish. I feed the fish Tetra Color Tropical Crisps either once or twice a day depending on my work schedule.
Here is my problem: the tank collects too much algae. The plants are pretty much growing into real plants, and the algae is yellow/green in color and it grows like fluffy strands. Not to mention the glass sometimes has algae spots (which I wipe away from time to time).
Now, I know an algae eater would be a good way to control this issue, but I'm unsure the type I should get for such a small tank. I tried a couple of Chinese Algae Eaters, and they did the trick for a day, but they died the next day. I'm unsure why, but am chalking it up to perhaps the tank being too small for them? Or could they have over eaten the algae in the tank? Either way, I haven't tried any other algae eater for fear that they will die due to the small tank.
So, any ideas or suggestions to either get the right kind of algae eater or stop the algae from growing initially? If pictures of the algae on the plants would be helpful in determining the type of algae, thus leading to a proper solution to prevent it from growing, I could upload a couple (if that's even possible - I don't know how this forum works completely).
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I just joined and am looking for a little bit of advice. Here's what I have for you all.
I have a 5.5 gallon fish tank. It has a few plastic plants and a couple of other decorations - nothing elaborate. I have a Whisper 10i filter system. In the tank are three GloFish, 2 Neon Tetras and a Cory Catfish. I feed the fish Tetra Color Tropical Crisps either once or twice a day depending on my work schedule.
Here is my problem: the tank collects too much algae. The plants are pretty much growing into real plants, and the algae is yellow/green in color and it grows like fluffy strands. Not to mention the glass sometimes has algae spots (which I wipe away from time to time).
Now, I know an algae eater would be a good way to control this issue, but I'm unsure the type I should get for such a small tank. I tried a couple of Chinese Algae Eaters, and they did the trick for a day, but they died the next day. I'm unsure why, but am chalking it up to perhaps the tank being too small for them? Or could they have over eaten the algae in the tank? Either way, I haven't tried any other algae eater for fear that they will die due to the small tank.
So, any ideas or suggestions to either get the right kind of algae eater or stop the algae from growing initially? If pictures of the algae on the plants would be helpful in determining the type of algae, thus leading to a proper solution to prevent it from growing, I could upload a couple (if that's even possible - I don't know how this forum works completely).
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.