maricutie
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi everyone!
I recently constructed a plant-only aquarium and have what I think is soft green algae growing on the acrylic front of the tankand on some of the plants. It's definetely not the hard spot algae (although this too comes in spots) because i used to get that in my other tank and know the diff. This one i can just wipe off the acrylic front with my hand, it's that soft.
Everything else is growing great too: i have lighting at 3.5 watts per gallon, not including the reflecting amount, and two 2L bottles of DIY CO2. Oh, yeah, this is a 10 gal fishless tank .
So wondering two things:
- what would be a good algae eater for this tank? Otos are really cute, but i think they only eat brown algae (if they ate this algae, it'd be GREAT!)... SAEs are my next choice, but i hear they get too big for such a small tank.
- is this too much CO2 for my tank? it's great for the plants, but can any fish survive in this ? there's a fluval 2 filter in there, but although it does some surface agitation i don't know if this is enough ..
Thanks for any help!!
MT
I recently constructed a plant-only aquarium and have what I think is soft green algae growing on the acrylic front of the tankand on some of the plants. It's definetely not the hard spot algae (although this too comes in spots) because i used to get that in my other tank and know the diff. This one i can just wipe off the acrylic front with my hand, it's that soft.
Everything else is growing great too: i have lighting at 3.5 watts per gallon, not including the reflecting amount, and two 2L bottles of DIY CO2. Oh, yeah, this is a 10 gal fishless tank .
So wondering two things:
- what would be a good algae eater for this tank? Otos are really cute, but i think they only eat brown algae (if they ate this algae, it'd be GREAT!)... SAEs are my next choice, but i hear they get too big for such a small tank.
- is this too much CO2 for my tank? it's great for the plants, but can any fish survive in this ? there's a fluval 2 filter in there, but although it does some surface agitation i don't know if this is enough ..
Thanks for any help!!
MT