Reply With QuoteSorry I could see that clearly but it look like some growth. Especially the photo on the right. I may be wrong though. When you do your WC, are you able to 'vacuum' it off?
hey senior fishians....i'm not too sure whether are those fine particles on all my plants are leftover food residues or some sort of plant disease?? Looks very unsightly! Anyway, i feed my fishes at times with algae wafers or flakes or pellets. Is it due to the food? or overfeeding? Hellllpppp....
Sorry I could see that clearly but it look like some growth. Especially the photo on the right. I may be wrong though. When you do your WC, are you able to 'vacuum' it off?
Actually i did some re-landscaping of my tank last 2 days and thus did WC. the funny thing now is the wool of my hanging filter media looks unsightly; brownish!! Is it due to the algae flakes or overfeeding or due to the relandscaping? I only started to introduce my fishes with algae flakes yesterday.
When you rescape you'll often find you stir up alot of debree, even in a new set-up you'll be amazed how much "muck" there can be. From my experiences and judging by your image on the right its just "muck" on the leaves. With an adequate filter, a few active fish and enough current your leaves will be clean.
Alternatively get a spoon, stick, laddel or whatever you want and stir your water slowly, my guess is it will just float off - atleast mine does, and thus the filter should clear it within a day or so. Leave it in the filter media though, it will provide a good place for bacteria to grow in your filter, thus maturing it and making it more effective.
If it appears to get worse over the next few days then you have a form of growth, if this is the case then i suggest water changes, perhaps once every 2-3 days do 10-20%. Your tank is in its maturation period is it not? This is the same tank you were on about in another thread yes? If so then you don't want to be too overly drastic....or paranoid
Have faithYour in good company.
Verminator
Aquatic fanatic and keen learner of aquascaping
The canvas is what you make it...
hey 'verminator', should i just clean my filter media first, since its looks brownish and yucky, then do the stirring method and scoop the dirt into the filter media?
Anyway, this is the same tank that we have discussed previously - i did relandscaped my tankWill post my pictures soon after i've clean up the 'muck'. Thank you!
Its up to you. If i were to post a picture of my filter media you'd see its black, gunky and rather smelly...but it does its job and it house good bacteria to combat nitrite, nitrate and ammonia levels. As i said the gunk is all part of the process, without it your tank wouldnt be able to keep life alive. So personally i'd leave it.
If you feel that it is restricting the flow from your filter then by all means perhaps rinse it in a bucket of tank water, not tap water. But don't over rinse it, its important you leave as much bacteria in the filter media as possible, as this is what you are building up in your maturation period!
Verminator
Aquatic fanatic and keen learner of aquascaping
The canvas is what you make it...
Ok...here is what i've done so far - rinsed my filter media with my tank water, not too much though. Then, i tried to scrape off those hairy algae on my plants and scoop it out of my tank. Thus, did some water changes...iets say about 20%. I'll monitor the progress and will let you know again. Thanks Verm!
put in some yamato will help. Used to have the same problem. Good luck!
thanks for the tip 'sign'. anyways, i've 2 cherry shrimps and 3 malayan shrimps and 1 oto at the moment
my experience, they are not as hardworking as yamato, worth trying... if doesn't help can sell it to me.... cheap
i'll be going down to NA later - do some window shopping. Maybe will get some yamato or SAE.
Good luck
Can check which brand of algae wafers & pellets you use?
Bought 5 yamatos and 3 SAE from NA, to battle my algae problem. Hope these fellas will help. Also bought a bottle of seachem fluorish excel. Will give you an update on the progress!
Anyway, the brand of my algae wafers - 'Tropical' green algae wafers
Yipee!! The hair algae seemed to be gone - all thanks to my hardworking SAE and yamatos. Anyway, really appreciate for all the advises given from all the fishians in AQ! Thanks guys
Your more than welcome
Verminator
Aquatic fanatic and keen learner of aquascaping
The canvas is what you make it...
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