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I tried willow and it leached off worse than algea. Hope it works for you. Mine got very slimy and my plants died off. They got thin and turned to mush. Good luck
I'll go ahead and buy that filter then. U guys said that it was bad to leave it in the tank for too long because it kills the good bacteria too. Do the plants need tht bacteria? Because if fish are the concern I don't plan on adding them for quite a while so maybe I can have it running in there to really make my water crystal clear and then later on when all the plants have flourished add fish
The one you posted a link to is too strong isn't it? It's rated for 50 gal tanks and I only have a 10
Rivercats said:Someone just recently just posted about getting one of these and having good luck clearing their green water... Green Killing Machine Internal UV Sterilizer with Power Head at PETCO I've never used that one before. I have an Advantage 2000 hooked into one of my canister lines that I run.
Bcuzimbatman said:Yea but I'm afraid that one bulb won't be enough for my DHG or telanthera
Even tho the water is clear new weird things are happening. Firstly the top of the soil has gotten really brown and ugly, there are bubbles coming up from out of the soil as well. The plants seem to be doing fine except for one crypt that I have in the back right. It looks like its dying and idk why. I added a piece of one of those moss balls and it seems to be what cleared my water right up. Also there seems to be algae growing on the floor now. Please help!
I'm currently using a regular aquarium sand substrate for it and it used to be really nice and black and it has turned completely brown