Pharaoh's planted tank

[cichlid_starter]

killis would be great. What ARE you planning to stock?

 

[MKSII]

Looking good.

Gotta go with the flow, stocking plans?

 

[Pharaoh]

looking good man! any fish yet? have you ever thought of killis?

killis would be great. What ARE you planning to stock?

Looking good.

Gotta go with the flow, stocking plans?

Well, there are currently two guppies and a 5" BN pleco. I will most likely be doing a community tank all around with rainbows and a few others. I have some in mind if I can manage to find them.

 

[Pharaoh]

Well, the tank is doing well. I'm down to one guppy and a few babies.

I have had a huge outbreak of hair algae lately. Anyone know a good fish to help control the algae?

 

[swede]

some flagfish should clean that up. i would also say to get something to remove phosphates such as phosguard. it will not kill the algae, but algae does feed of of phosphates and it can lessen the blow

 

[cichlid_starter]

I'm doing tetras in my 20 and maybe some threadfin rainbows. Rainbows would look sweet in your tank. You should post some current pics soon.

 

[Pharaoh]

some flagfish should clean that up. i would also say to get something to remove phosphates such as phosguard. it will not kill the algae, but algae does feed of of phosphates and it can lessen the blow

I was originally dosing with phosphates, but have long since stopped. Hopefully with a few WCs, the algae should then reduce itself.

 

[swede]

http://theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm this is a helpful algae resource

 

[Pharaoh]

http://theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm this is a helpful algae resource

Thanks, now I just need to figure out which one it is.

I am thinking that the algae definitely has something to do with the Co2 levels. I'll have to look into this.

 

[FSM]

Do you have a drop checker? Also are you using all 4 bulbs?