New tank advice

[Slaphppy7]

The green algae that you get over the glass and rocks etc,
Is this normal to an extent?
What should I clean the glass with?

Robot or human?

www.walmart.com

Be sure to use the ORIGINAL, not the ones for kitchen or bath

EDIT: "Robot or human"??....does the link work for everyone else?

 

[Essjay]

The link works for me

 

[Slaphppy7]

The link works for me

Does it read "Robot or human" before you click on it?

 

[Essjay]

It read "Robot or human" before I clicked, and it still does.

 

[Slaphppy7]

It read "Robot or human" before I clicked, and it still does.

I guess it means you guys are supposed to guess which one I am.....

 

[NannaLou]

I thought it was referring to the man (?) on the packet…

 

[Colin_T]

I guess it means you guys are supposed to guess which one I am.....

neither
you are just a weird freaking lookin fish

 

[Rick147]

Update.

So I’ve been away on holidays for 2 weeks, I left the tank running as usual. Haven’t done any water testing yet as only just gotten home.
There is a lot of algae, dirty glass and plants. I will attach some photos

 

[Deleted member 149562]

When away, did you have the lights on a timer or were they switched off or on the entire time

If left on the entire time, that would give you the algae issues, and if on timer anything over 6 hours a day would do the same thing

 

[Colin_T]

It's just brown algae and nothing to worry about. You have an Anubius that is a slow growing plant when kept underwater and won't use much light. The Amazon sword plant will like any light and nutrients it can get.

Adding more true aquatic plants will help reduce algae problems.
Some shrimp will also help clean up the algae.

 

[Rick147]

Am I ready to put fish back in?

pH is 7.6
Ammonia is 0
Nitrite is 0
Nitrate is 10

I just did a 30% water change or so.

 

[Essjay]

That depends. Did you add ammonia to get 3 ppm and then readings of zero for ammonia and nitrite 24 hours later?
If you did, yes you can add fish.
If you didn't add ammonia, there's no way to tell if the tank is ready for fish. You need to add ammonia and see what the results are 24 hours later.

 

[Rick147]

Will this brown hairy looking stuff get eaten by fish?

 

[Colin_T]

Some fish will eat the algae (brown stuff on the Anubias leaves), others won't. Snails and shrimp will clean some of it up.

 

[Rick147]

How else can I get rid of it?