Recent content by Etrigan

thanks! I'll give it a try!

Many great things to consider but still doesn't answer my original concern... how would I go about getting it off my plants if i have it under control? Right now they just look dirty. Will it eventually go away by itself or should I get some new plants?

yes but clear...

no, just a tube-like bulb... incandescent lights

OK, the lights are the long bulbs... 3 - 4 inches in length. they are 15watt.

No clue as to the wattage of the bulbs or what you mean by linear. They came with the hood when I got it over a year ago. I do probably need to limit the time that I leave the lights on during the day. Sometimes it's 12+ hours... The aquarium is not in direct sunlight. Algae treaments I've...

I have a 10 gallon tank with an incandescent hood with two low wattage bulbs.

I've recently had an outbreak of algae in my tank. I've been able to combat it by frequent water changes and it is mostly gone now. However it has begun to grow on my plants and I'm wondering how I could go about removing it from them? Can't exactly scrub them with the tank scraper...

I had one that went missing and never found it. It was there alive one day and gone the next. Figured it jumped out and the cats got it. Unless snails can eat one overnight!

The only place close to me with any fish stuff is Wal Mart. Don't have easy access to a 'real' pet store. On that note however, we are going somewhere today where there are several shops and I am going to check into better water testing methods.

I would say decorate... that's a lot of tank to have nothing but fish in it. maybe not too heavily but it would be more interesting to look at with some decor in it.

ok, only 1 died - the sickly one. maybe it was stress after all... hopefully.

thanks for that bit of info!

um... using one of those test strip thingies...

It was 50% or more since I haven't done much to the tank over the holiday season. I know, that's a bit much but have done it before and had no problems like this. Was looking yucky and the fish were not looking good. All water test levels were good a few days ago as well as today. Not a big...