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Greetings. Upon cleaning my fish tank, I came across what appears to be a blueish green mold on the inside of the lid, and on the outside of the top. I do not know if it is algea growth; it has an odd color. Just curious if anyone knows if this is harmful to the fish. I have as of yet not...

A pleco or fly fox or chinese algea eater would be a good addition to any tank for algea consumtion. You could get away with spreading out your fish in all the tanks, if they are all nice to each other. What kind of rare species do you want to raise? gumshoe

Hi there. Your tanks look nice. I am curious to know what you are attempting to do with raising the nitrates... Is it for plant growth? If so, there are other means to obtain that... From my experience, a high nitrate level in my plant tank caused 'holes' in almost all of the sword plants...

Thank you for your assistance. As far as the levels in the tank: the ph is now at 7.3 ammonia = 0 nitrites = 0 tap water is good (no nitrates) The gravel gets vaccumed in sections, but over all gets cleaned once a week. I am not sure of the kh. The fish get fed once a day, and I make sure...

Greetings, For some time now, I have been dealing with a nitrate problem in my 125 gallon cichlid tank. I have read as much information available on the subject, discussed the matter with fish store owners and sought the council of other avid fish enthusiasts, without much sucess. In the...