Recent content by Garbagegoat

Thanks for this advice. Very helpful. My HOB filter has an adjustable flow and I have had it on "low" because I did not want to disturb things in the 10 Gal tank but it could probably go higher. The LED lamp is a cheap chinese Hyger lamp with color cycling and level adjustment. I have been...

Update, a bit more than a month later: I reduced the light a couple levels on the LED lamp and it really seemed to help get rid of the green-water algae. That plus the reduced daylight of autumn. It was still going for a ten hour setting but I was using shades on the aquarium to block out...

Yes, I have heard about spiraling guppy populations, so I went with all males. Our family calls them "the guppy bros", or maybe that is just me. They are quite active fish trying to hit on each other. I will try with the fertilizer although doing a water change that deep with the fish in there...

Yes, the left picture is current state. I usually remove the HOB filter column weekly and squeeze out the sponge mechanical filter in the change water. Just the bio bag and the peat moss with the sponge filter. The cloudiness shouldn't be uneaten food. We feed sparsely twice a day and fast on...

The problem is that the big window is forward and to the left so the main place where light comes in is from the front glass. Also I did black the back with film. I think the floating light blockers is a good idea, I will check them out. Hopefully that will cut down on the green water as well...

This is now a five month old, 10 gal freshwater tank. It was setup with "watersprite" and a couple other plants after cycle and then four guppies were added. One guppy passed in the first week but the rest seem good all these months afterward. At first I was having some big algae issues with...