Tank Discoration

[Sheils]

I noticed just the other day some of the stone on bottom of the tank are discolored. Does anyone know what it could be?

 

[raptorrex]

can you tell us how long the tank has been running and cycled?

 

[garyspence84]

Just looks like regular old algae to me. Give the gravel a good going over next time you clean your tank and it should look a lot better

 

[raptorrex]

Just looks like regular old algae to me. Give the gravel a good going over next time you clean your tank and it should look a lot better

could be any number of things.

or it could just be bio film.
hence the question on tank age.

 

[dbanner]

Just looks like regular old algae to me. Give the gravel a good going over next time you clean your tank and it should look a lot better

I agree with this, when I used to use gravel it used to look like this after a while (which was algae) so I had to clean it often. I use sand in all my tanks now. Much better all round

 

[Sheils]

can you tell us how long the tank has been running and cycled?

I got the tank in July and have been running it since August.

 

[Sheils]

Just looks like regular old algae to me. Give the gravel a good going over next time you clean your tank and it should look a lot better

I need to clean tank out soon. And will make sure all else gets a once over

 

[Sheils]

I'm seeing a lot of people using a mixture of water and bleach to soak their ornaments. I feel a bit wary of using this. Can someone tell me if there is another solution other than bleach to use?

 

[Sheils]

Clean the tank the other day. And took the decorations and gave a good scrub. Give windows also a good scrub. I didn't know that so many things just get glued on. That's a shame. Anyways I had to throw out my kissing fishes ornament algae came off pretty easy but when I was wiping paint came off too. That I didn't like so threw out. Gave the stone a good once over but some just couldn't get. So got rid of that too.

Now that is all done I know what to look for and will have my eye on it.