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I've been struggling with this algae for some time now and first thought it was hair algae, but I researched it some more and now think it's staghorn algae. My fish tank parameters are nitrites:0 ammonia:0 and ph:7, fresh water community tank, 20 gallons, no co2 and mediumly planted. I still...

My tank is a 29 gallon stocked with 2 dwarf gouramis, 3 platys and like five, 4cm fry, and 8 dwarf corydoras. Also a amazon sword, java fern, java moss, a bunch of anacharis and this reddish purple plant.

I heard that those only eat algae when they're young. Is this true? I also wanted to buy otos but theres no sign of them on aquabid :(

Nitrites:0 Ammonoa:0 Nitrate:10

also my water's my nitrate and nitrite levels are around normal parameters.

It started off a brownish color and now its red. But I always thought red hair algae was a reef tank only problem? Any tips on removing it? It looked cool at first but now it's starting to take over my tank...

I'm gonna put them in my 5 gallon tank then but would putting them in a bigger tank affect their feeding habits? I mean it seems like they have to swim so far for food.

So I've had about 30 fry for maybe a little over 4 months now and they are still only about 1-1.5cm in length. I've been raising them in a 1 gallon betta tank and I'm not sure if they're at the appropriate size for their age. they seem to have plenty of room but am I stunting their growth? would...

well the sound isn't too big of a deal, it actually super quite but my penguin 100 is just dead silent and you actually have to try and listen to hear it. It's most likely because the fluval c has a higher flow rate then my penguin. I was just hoping It would become soundless somehow.

I just bought a new filter (a fluval c) and it is a bit loud compared to my penguin 100 but I had my penguin 100 for maybe 7 years? I even tried the Vaseline on the propeller thing and it helped but still louder then my penguin. I was just wondering if time was a factor in quite filters.

http://s71.photobucket.com/user/ythao0318/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140209_135930_zps67a8f865.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 Its in my quarantine tank and they seem like they're grouping together. They look like they have a longish body almost worm like but move like little bugs.

So I know it's suppose to go bottom to top but from pictures it looks like water enters from the middle where the carbon is. So how does the water curculate into the sponge?

Wow thank you very much for the indept reveiw. The pricing of the two filters don't differ much only about by $3

Well I have a 20 gallon long might upgrade to 30 breeder and I'm looking at the fluval c3 and aquaclear 50 so i can't really go wrong with neither. I just kind of want the best bank for my buck. I'm kind of leaning towards the fluval c because it's newer and that interests me.