Recent content by TissueTenant

Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it

In my 5 gallon aquarium, I have this purple-ish algae growing over everything. I suspected that it might be cyanobacteria, but it doesn't have a smell and it's not cyan coloured. I tried a 3 day blackout, but it didn't have any effect at all on the algae. If I rub it, it comes off as a sheet...

Thank you very much Collin_T for all your help! I'll do that! No, there isn't really a reason for the higher temperature. I'll turn it down, thanks!

Thank you for the in-depth reply! I have an HOB filter, which I never clean except for maybe scraping off some algae that grows off the spout in a gross mess. I don't have any carbon, so I'll look into getting some! My buckets were bought exclusively for the tank and nobody else uses them, I'm...

I change 25% of the water every week, and make sure the new water is the same temperature as the tank and dechlorinated with prime. The store is a small aquatic specialty store. They do have the same fish there for weeks/months for a few of the bigger fish like the bichir and some really nice...

Tank size: 20 gallons pH: 7.6 Ammonia/nitrite/nitrate: 0.25 / 0 / 5ppm (new fish, so the bacteria haven't caught up yet I guess, fully cycled, will do a water change to get it back down) GH: 5 degrees Temperature: 79 degrees F Moderately planted Lights on for ~6 hours per day No medications or...

I have been adding extra prime, but thanks for making sure :) I got her from a local fish store, so I don't know anything about her history or where she came from. She was in a fresh shipment, so all I know is that she hadn't been at the store for long. It's entirely possible that she's on the...

She isn't very interested in eating today, and she's just laying at the bottom :/ If anyone has any idea how to help, please let me know!