Do my Amazon swords look okay?
- Thread starter Adrianog17
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I would clip the dead leaves, have temp under 78 and maybe reduce the lights by lowering brightness or raising higher above tank. Also don’t leave the lights on at night
+1 for root tabs, but also if I'm not mistaken that looks like brown diatom algae. How new is your tank? Diatoms will usually go away with time, also bushynose plecos will clean up diatoms super fast!
My tank has been up for a while I hade a nitrite spike because cleaned my filter on the same day as a 50% water change and accidentally made it cycle again
I’ll never make that mistake again ?
If you can brush the brown off of the leaves easily with your fingers, then it's just diatom algae and nothing to be overly concerned with.
If ya don't mind me asking, how do you clean your filter? Do you use tap water or tank water for cleaning?My tank has been up for a while I hade a nitrite spike because cleaned my filter on the same day as a 50% water change and accidentally made it cycle again
Idk if you’re asking or telling haha but it’s my understanding you siphon some water from your tank into a bucket or container and squeeze the sponge a few times and discard the water. The big no no is using tap water to soak or rinse. I’ve seen some people say they just rinse the sponge into the tank but I’m pretty sure that defeats the purpose of cleaning it in the first place ?
Yeah that's what I was basically getting at lol. Ik I've made the mistake of over cleaning my filters in the past plenty of times. Eventually learned my mistake and got far better results afterwards.
But yeah trust me when I say it's a far more common issue then ya might think. Hell, I still know some ppl the still clean their tanks with soap, SOAP! Ugh makes my brain hurt just thinking back on everything I've seen ppl do to their tanks lol.