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Green/brown water from driftwood
Itās sort of green/ brown ish and is definately much worse because of the log because even with just the water in the bucket it was VERY brown every time I changed it. All the plants Iāve currently got are doing ok but Iāve not had much luck with fast growers š I do need to get some floating...- ellamay
- Post #3
- Forum: Aquascaping
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Green/brown water from driftwood
Iāve had this piece of driftwood (middle) in my tank for a few months and since itās been in there itās making the water look so green!!! I soaked the wood for two weeks changing the water every few days before it even went in and it doesnāt seem to be getting any better. Is this normal? When I...- ellamay
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- driftwood
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- Forum: Aquascaping
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Iām going to get some plants today so Iāll have a look for some good floaters āŗļø Iām pretty sure itās LED- ellamay
- Post #19
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Iāll just do a few flakes and pellets at a time and get to about a minute and go from there! Thanks for the advice!- ellamay
- Post #16
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Iām not using fertilisers. And itās summer here so that makes a lot of sense!! I work nights actually so a lot of the time my blinds are closed during the night. Iām not sure what intensity my bulb is, it came with the tank. Iāll try and find out. Itās been fine up until now though so hopefully...- ellamay
- Post #15
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Iāve found it hard to judge how much food to give because everyone says different things š will definitely reduce now- ellamay
- Post #13
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
I did have lots more plants for him but took them out today because they were all furry š Iām getting him more tomorrow.- ellamay
- Post #12
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Thank you so much for your advice. Iāll definitely reduce the food then š I thought I was doing alright because I do have a small snail population that arenāt over breeding so I assumed I was feeding the right amount!- ellamay
- Post #11
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Oh yes I can see how that could happen š well Iām getting some more plants ASAP. There was quite a lot on the leaves so I couldnāt really ignore it.- ellamay
- Post #5
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
This is what lots of my leaves were like!- ellamay
- Post #3
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Green hair algae & cleaning tips
Before I start, I realize I should've taken a 'before photo' of my algae situation, but I didn't think about posting here until I'd finished cleaning. So the photo attached is the after photo. So a couple of weeks ago I noticed green hair algae growing on a couple of my plants so today I...- ellamay
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- algae algae cleanup green hair algae
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- Forum: Algae Removal
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Frozen brine shrimp vs bloodworms
I have ember tetras, cory's and a betta in my 105l tank. I was thinking about adding some frozen food to their diets. Is there any nutritional differences between the frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp? I'm mostly thinking about the frozen food for the betta to be honest, I was thinking...- ellamay
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- betta bloodworms brine shrimp cory tetra
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- Forum: Tropical Discussion
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Why are my moss balls stringing out?
Are you sure its not algae growing on the moss ball rather than the actual moss ball its self? If so, I assume it would be a case of treating the algae. I'm pretty new to fish keeping but have been doing a LOT of algae research over the last few days to try and work out what some of mine is.- ellamay
- Post #2
- Forum: New to the Hobby Questions and Answers
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Things growing on wood.. identification?
After some more research im pretty sure the black one is black beard algae. I still canāt work out what the little stringy bits are though- ellamay
- Post #3
- Forum: Algae Removal
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Things growing on wood.. identification?
Iāve noticed two different things growing on the spider wood in my tank. These little black dots and the light colour stringy bits. I do have black sand which I initially assumed the black bits were but they look slightly smaller and darker than the sand. A lot of it is attached all around the...- ellamay
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- identification spider wood
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Algae Removal
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