I have a 190 gallon tank, planted and with bichirs and hujeta's, and some others. But these are my main fish.
I've recently had a algae outbreak, will change the purigen this week and I've recently started to feed them pellets instead of frozen food, but the bichirs don't seem interested so far in the pellets.
I'm getting a clean up crew this Friday consisting of 30 Amanos and 30 Siamese algae eaters + 30 snails in addition of the 25 snails I already have. I fully realize the fish and shrimp I add will be eaten, but I'm hoping they can remove a good deal, to give the snails an edge.
However, if this method fails after purigen cleaning (I do 1-2 water changes a week, with 30-50% each water change), I'm considering redoing my whole tank.
I love planted tanks, but Im thinking it would be possible to create a non planted tank that would look good, but hopefully better. And also be easier to clean and observe the fish.
But I'm afraid they would not have the same hiding spots and comfort and I just wouldn't enjoy looking at this tank.
My set up is 2 eheim 2217 with 2 11w uv lights and a fluval fx6. I have purigen in all filters.
Hers the tank when it was in pristine condition
Here's a close up of the recent algae breakout.
I just don't enjoy the tank when algae are this dominating.
So I'm curious what advice I can get, and if there's necessary to me to perhaps remove all the plants and driftwood and go with a different setup or even have a good clean up crew present that is suitable with these fish.
I think the cause of the algae is due to perhaps the amount of time it takes me to change purigen, and that I can't reach in between the driftwood and plants to remove uneaten food and droppings, which in turns produce nutrition for the algae to grow. So maybe a simpler layout would prevent this.
According to my water tests (drops, not sticks) my ammonia and no2 is 0, my no3 might reach 20-25 if I only do a water change once a week, but usually I'm below 15 ppm.
Please help me out, I love these fish, I'd prefer to keep them but have the possibility to rehome them and go with a different theme or fish combination (SA cichlids) But I'm hoping that wouldn't be necessary until they've reached 70-80% of potential size. I have two clown knife fish as well, but I'm only keeping them till they've grown to size large enough to be introduced to a another tank with larger fish for a customer.
Please ask me any follow up questions and provide me with some perspective and insights.
I'm just a novice compared to most of the users here, and I'd appreciate your inputs.
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I've recently had a algae outbreak, will change the purigen this week and I've recently started to feed them pellets instead of frozen food, but the bichirs don't seem interested so far in the pellets.
I'm getting a clean up crew this Friday consisting of 30 Amanos and 30 Siamese algae eaters + 30 snails in addition of the 25 snails I already have. I fully realize the fish and shrimp I add will be eaten, but I'm hoping they can remove a good deal, to give the snails an edge.
However, if this method fails after purigen cleaning (I do 1-2 water changes a week, with 30-50% each water change), I'm considering redoing my whole tank.
I love planted tanks, but Im thinking it would be possible to create a non planted tank that would look good, but hopefully better. And also be easier to clean and observe the fish.
But I'm afraid they would not have the same hiding spots and comfort and I just wouldn't enjoy looking at this tank.
My set up is 2 eheim 2217 with 2 11w uv lights and a fluval fx6. I have purigen in all filters.
Hers the tank when it was in pristine condition
Here's a close up of the recent algae breakout.
I just don't enjoy the tank when algae are this dominating.
So I'm curious what advice I can get, and if there's necessary to me to perhaps remove all the plants and driftwood and go with a different setup or even have a good clean up crew present that is suitable with these fish.
I think the cause of the algae is due to perhaps the amount of time it takes me to change purigen, and that I can't reach in between the driftwood and plants to remove uneaten food and droppings, which in turns produce nutrition for the algae to grow. So maybe a simpler layout would prevent this.
According to my water tests (drops, not sticks) my ammonia and no2 is 0, my no3 might reach 20-25 if I only do a water change once a week, but usually I'm below 15 ppm.
Please help me out, I love these fish, I'd prefer to keep them but have the possibility to rehome them and go with a different theme or fish combination (SA cichlids) But I'm hoping that wouldn't be necessary until they've reached 70-80% of potential size. I have two clown knife fish as well, but I'm only keeping them till they've grown to size large enough to be introduced to a another tank with larger fish for a customer.
Please ask me any follow up questions and provide me with some perspective and insights.
I'm just a novice compared to most of the users here, and I'd appreciate your inputs.
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