Should Planted Tank Have a Top Cover?

[FishNCash]

Thx Benz. How do I keep the leaf from getting black? When I had a Pleco in there it was always green


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[Vnuk1]

I have 2 Chinese Algae Eaters and my plants are spotless.

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[golcondorus]

That "black" stuff is cyanobacteria also known as blue green algae. I battle with it as well especially on slow growing plants like anubias. Sometimes i rub it off during a water change. Limitting nutrients also works, mostly feeding less. And yes, like others said you need to expose the rhizome, dont bury it


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[benzjamin13]

Once the Rhizome is out of the substrate, give a month to see if it improves any. The black on your leaves, as mentioned, is algae. Rubbing it off seems to be the only way to get rid of it. As a preventive measure, small algae eaters help such as Oto Cats or BN Pleco.

 

[Chuncan]

I always had trouble getting my plants to stay put and i ended up burying the anubis plants up to the rhizome. Eventually the roots pushed it out of the ground.


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[projectile]

Otocinclus are great fish , once you add a few , they are literally invisible and only occasionally can be seen.

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[projectile]

Based on my experience yesterday at home I can recommend an answer to thread title.
Yes! Have a cover if you have kids , my lil man dumped all his toys and some kitchen utensils in the tank to make it more " colourful "



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[Fat Homer]

Already practicing the art of aquascaping at such a young age... Lots of potential in the youngin'


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[projectile]

Yeah! at first I thought of scolding him , but when he proudly showed off his creation when I got home , I just gave him a pat on the back.

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[Gar88]

^^^lol

Yea for the Anubias algae... The lighting plays a part too.... And also cut off few leaves at the point where the leaf starts not the stem thing just the leaf... I did this last week... And boy my Anubias is shooting new growths left n right.... And ferts is all u need... Co2 supplement can work wonders too... Cheers


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