Change Of Plans?

[Bambi211]

Hiya Everyone, Just wanna show you some pictures and was hoping Id get some good comments?

This was my tank first off..

Then had quite a few problems and it turned out like this...

I didnt really know why it was constantly turned everything brown?

This is my tank, A lot more simple but i like it, ( Im adding new plants soon)

xx

 

[OldMan47]

Hi Bambi. The brown stuff was algae and it will grow if there is enough light for a long enough time every day. It won't matter what the decor in the tank is. If you have live plants, it can be hard to get them growing well without having enough light to let the algae grow. I don't think I like the soda bottle, it doesn't add much to the look in my opinion. The little rock caves look nice but be sure that you fasten them so they can't fall on your fish. I use aquarium sealer to glue rocks together and then let the sealer cure well before putting the rocks into my tanks. Often, not always, a feature like the rock pile will look better if it is positioned off center so that it brings the eye to focus more on one side of the tank. It might be worth a try before you add the plants so you don't need to backtrack. It is definitely worth getting the rocks the way you want them before gluing them together.

 

[drobbyb]

Looks like Diatoms to me. Is this a new tank?

 

[Bambi211]

Hi Bambi. The brown stuff was algae and it will grow if there is enough light for a long enough time every day. It won't matter what the decor in the tank is. If you have live plants, it can be hard to get them growing well without having enough light to let the algae grow. I don't think I like the soda bottle, it doesn't add much to the look in my opinion. The little rock caves look nice but be sure that you fasten them so they can't fall on your fish. I use aquarium sealer to glue rocks together and then let the sealer cure well before putting the rocks into my tanks. Often, not always, a feature like the rock pile will look better if it is positioned off center so that it brings the eye to focus more on one side of the tank. It might be worth a try before you add the plants so you don't need to backtrack. It is definitely worth getting the rocks the way you want them before gluing them together.

Ill have a think about that thanks a lot. Haha very funny...the soda bottle is temporaly just trying to warm the water up!

xxx

Looks like Diatoms to me. Is this a new tank?

Whats Diatoms? And no its not a new tank about 6/7 months ive had it.

xx

 

[drobbyb]

Diatoms eat the silica in your tank's seals but they should have gone away by now.