Recent content by Adohan

Yeah. I have not put the carbon filter in yet. I did not notice that there was a new type of juwel pad till I got back from my lfs when setting the tank up. I was planning to just let it burn it self out and treat as a normal filter pad. So not replace after a month.

I just had a thought, This tank has not been running for 5 years. So I bought a complete set of new filter pad from my LFS. It has a Juwel Nitrax filter pad in it for removing Nirate and 3 blue filter pads, instead of the original 4 blue pads. Will this filter pad be throwing off the cycling...

Just tested nirate and it is 0.

Ph 7.3 - 8 depended on changes in tap water and the scale on the test kit is quite bad. Ammonia and nirite out of the tap are both 0.

I hear Bristlenose plecs or Neriite Snails will eat green spot algae if not over feed. Bristlenose plecs do not work well with sword like plants.

Ok, my ammonia is still at 0.5, should I slow down the number of water changes as long as it does not get any higher to help the bacteria eat and grow-then......

Ok so the nirate reading inplies in working. Thanks.

I agree 1 Neriite in my 55l tank clear the glass in less then 2 days. But really question is what type of algae are you trying to remove, what size tank and what fish are in the tank.

Hey, So have a heavily planted 150l tank, had plants for a week then 4 danios for 3 weeks now. Used API Quick start and washed one of the large filter sponge from one of my other small tanks. Dosing Scheme Flourish for the plants as the bottle describes. So far the Ammonia has climbed to...

It is a 40cm or 1ft 4in square, I already have ammon shrimp in the tank which I have been told will nible on it.  Not sure if this is true, mine seem not to or the algae is growing faster then they are eating.

SAE is what I ment by Flying foxes.  As the Tank is only 15 gallons and SAE grow really big, so they are not an option.

I have a heavily planted 8 month old tank which is starting to get over run with hair algae.  The tank is only 15 gallons, so is too small for flying foxes.  I have issues with high Phosphate in my tap water and I live to far away from my local pet store to get water from them.     Amona 0...

Yep I put some oto's in about 2 weeks ago and they done a good job of the top 60% of the Glass and the Large plant but do not seem interested in the rest of the tank so far.

Yep, I have been wiping it off the glass and rocks in the tank, and some of the plants but it is starting to effect some of them quite badly.

Hey Guys,   I have a 3 month old tank, I have had brown algae for about 2 months now which I know is common for new tanks. My question is how long should I excepted this to continue before I should start to worry?     The Tank is a 15 Gallon square shape, is about 50% stocked and fully planted...