Guys... I need help controlling the brown algae plaguing my plants, otocinculus use to work but they die too often, the longest i can keep them is 5 months and then they would just stop eating, become skinny and die, anyone here knows why???
I can't keep yamato shrimp or any kind of shrimp also cause I'm keeping tiger barbs and I read somewhere that they will rip them apart...

Are there any other options except for otocinculus and shrimp to control the algae???

I've had this tank for 1 and a half year now, 20 gallon, 5 tiger barb, 12 harlequine, dosing with half tablet of JBL ferrotabs once every two weeks

But where to find SAE, I've been searching since I started this aquarium, and all I've found is the fake ones, all flying fox sold under name of SAE, I searched around Klang, Cheras and went to the pet wonderland in midvalley also cannot find SAE...

Does anyone know where to get cheap shrimps ar??? I only found them selling Yamato shrimps in midvalley pets wonderland for RM2 each and cherry shrimp for RM3.50 each, or is this the standard price???

Does any one know any LFS selling SAE, yamato shrimp and cherry shrimp around Klang or Cheras area???

I only know pet wonderland in midvalley got sell shrimp, but I'm very interested to buy SAE

I'm currently studying and living in Kuala Terengganu, normally I get all my fishes for my aquarium when I go back home to Klang.

So now I want to know whether anyone knows of any good LFS around Kuala Terengganu which sells Cherry shrimp??? Or whether I can buy it online and have them ship it here???

I want to ask about selling and buying fish, shrimps and plants with other hobbyist.

When is the payment done actually, when I get the item? Or half when he delivers and another half when I received the item? Or full payment before he delivers???

Anyone with experience??? Help...

Thank you...

Anyone here got Java moss and is willing to share???

I seriously needs it for my cherry shrimps to hide... Cause my harlequin are picking at them...

I'm in Kuala Terengganu... Can post to me???

Whats the name of the plant on the back corners, both right and left???

I also have that, its very good in what it does. The only problem I had when there were lots of them were brown algae which my oto suppose to take care of.
But after I trim it recently, maybe I trimmed it too much. I started having these hair like algae growing. I don't know what kind of algae it is. But its everywhere, including my water sprites.

So now I minta all the sifu-sifu sekalian to help me take a look at what it is and what I'm suppose to do to get rid of it...

Sorry about the blurr pictures, I took it with my phone...

My tank is very low tech tank, and very low budget also. No CO2 injection, no soil just gravel, temperature is around 30 (going to DIY fan coming holiday) but had this problem before I moved also when the tank temperature was at 28. Tank is 20 gallon, 12 harlequine, 2 sterbai cory just recently added 30 cherry shrimp which I hope would eat it, just came a week ago.

So please... Anyone can help me???







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The problem is not the plants dying, cause they're not... But they look unhealthy la, maybe because I didn't give a large bolus of fertilizer since I just moved the tank to the new house, just this month...

But what bothers me is the algae thingy on the leaves, what is it??? How do I get rid of it??? Its some grey furry stuff that keeps growing on my plant...

I had otos, but they will die every 3-4 months. When they just stop eating and die of starvation even though there is plenty of brown algae...

Thats why changed my algae eaters to cherry shrimp

For the fertilizer, I use JBL ferrotabs and have actually managed quite a satisfactory growth with it. Water sprites used to dominate my tank, but that was before the grey furry algae started growing on the leaves.

I really want to know what kind of algae it is and how I get rid of it???


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No overfeeding... Been feeding twice a day, 2-3 minutes only.

When I buy them for the first 2-3 months they will be healthy with rounded belly, but after 3-4 months, they will lose the round belly and look skinny, algae will start growing and they will stop eating. I don't know why... Bought them 3 times already, everytime buy 5 otos.

Lights I DIY T8 18 watts, 6500k fluorescent light in 20 gallon, so its low light setting . How old ar? I moved it 2 times already, if count from when I upgrade from 1 feet to 2 feet its been 1 year already. If count from when I last moved it to a new house would be only 3 weeks.

Living in Kuala Terengganu now, no good LFS here. Otos I holiday go back cheras buy one, if otos die before holiday, my tank will be without algae eater. Problem started when otos die and no holiday for 3 months, so the tank 3 months no algae eater. It was horrible , until I got so desperate I ordered online for a batch of 30 cherry shrimp (no one selling otos online)

And now the problems is that the cherrys are eating the brown algae, but not the furry one growing on my Hygrophila polysperma

I bought one before, cost me RM3.50 but it died 2 days later. I don't know why...

Living in Kuala Terengganu now, no LFS here selling them...

No one selling them online also...

Need to wait for my semester break only can go back KL buy. But what I really want to know is whether cherry shrimp eats these kind of algae??? Their greyish and furry...


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Got condition ar... Water very clean that time also cause not much fish and I do water change weekly...

What WTA stands for???

Food for shrimps ar??? There is plenty of algae in my tank now, cause the last oto died 2 months ago, so its 2 months worth of algae in there... I'll worry about the food after the algae is finished.

But I'm worried that the cherry shrimp won't eat the greyish and furry algae growing on my plants now. They are eating up all the brown algae but so far haven't seen them touch the grey furry ones...

What kind of filter media absorbs copper???

Crushed coral won't increase the pH meh??? You also keeping shrimp???

Soil need to cycle one meh???

How do you cycle aquarium soil???

So its basically to see whether the soil will affect the water of the tank or not, the hardiness, the pH is it???

Am I correct to assume this???

To all RCS breeders,

I really need help with my RCS, I'm having problems keeping Red Cherry Shrimps alive since I bought them. They have decrease from 30 to 2 in less then 3 weeks.

I'm not sure, but I notice them dying after they shed their skin. Its not because they were attacked when they were vulnerable because there is a lot of hiding place under driftwood and plants. I know this because the biggest one shed his skin and his body was found 20 minutes later. I know its his skin because the rest are only medium size while he is the only adult size one.

Anybody have any idea or any advice???

Really appreciate it if you guys could offer advice for me to keep a healthy population of RCS. Cause I really like them and they did so much to control the algae problem in my tank while they were alive.

My tank is fully cycled, with 12 harlequins and 2 corys. Temp is around 30-28, I know its hot but can it be because of the temperature that they are dying??? Am currently making a DIY fan to cool it down.

Please help me....

But the fish don't bother them unless they swim out in the open and they always escape...

I do use anti chlorine 'aquadine'... I have cuttlefish bone and I intend to put it in. Where do you put it??? In the tank or in the filter???

If I want to get coral chips where can I find them???