I'm looking for some ways to keep fungus out of my tank. I try to keep some ghost shrimp in there at all times to keep rubbish off the tank bottom such as old bloodworm bits and such but I want to make sure that this black fungus I had doesn't come back or if it does it can be cleaned by something natural. Any ideas?
Brackish natural cleaners
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have you been doing water changes on a regular basis? other than poor maintentance or inaccessable areas, there should not be fungus in your tank. i am doubtful that a shrimp would consume a fungus, and i think a better solution would be to reduce the feed, perform more frequent water changes, and to move around any objects in your tank to improve the flow (to keep the fungus from settling)
hth, Black.
hth, Black.
blackwolfXKAV;646251; said:
was it black fungus are black beard algae? If it is just algae, more water changes will do the trick.
Dormitator maculatus (fat sleeper) is supposed to eat black and green algae as is the Awaous banana (river goby) that stays at a more managable size (around 12"), but it prefers hair algae.
The pic of the D. maculatus is by LePare and the one of A. banana is by Artigas Azas.
There are also several tilapia that eat a lot of algae and do well in brackish water. Nothing works as well as good maintanance though.
The pic of the D. maculatus is by LePare and the one of A. banana is by Artigas Azas.
There are also several tilapia that eat a lot of algae and do well in brackish water. Nothing works as well as good maintanance though.
guppy;646978; said:
I want one of each of them!
Just keep up on maintainence and you will not have to worry about it.
Good luck Alex