Hi all

I have plant aquarium hoppy for quite some years. but i am no improvement in the planting knowledege. So i come to here hope can gain some knowledge and share with each other.

I find out my plant after plant some time in the aquarium , it sure will have a algae as the below image. Can anyone advice any solution can fix the problem ?

My tank is 3ft tank , i use PL light 36 W. i using the "ADA brighty K" ", "green brighty special shade" and "green brighty step 3"

Can anyone assist what should i to buy or what is the step i need to take to ensure no algae stick into my plant as below .

Really appreciate your value comment.

This post has been edited by bluecoat: Mar 4 2012, 11:46 AM


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SAE fish should help... check CO2 and maybe not enough lighting

how is your water change cycle and how many %

Those SAE/Flying fox, small is cute..buts once they big, they destroy my carpet as well..

err, is it normal for cherry barbs to have a mating frenzy right after u transffered it into a tank?

also, kinda sad to see them not in shoal anymore, sicne they already get used to inside the tank, yesterday was nice, tight shoal bcos of scared hehe
maybe i should scared them always so they keep in tight shoals? but they may get too much stressed

Water change around 40% . Co2 around 3 bubble per second . Light I on 4 hour per day. Because if I put longer lighting . Hair algae will out. Can anyone advice . Please help

what about adding fauna that eating hair algae? such as:
1) amano shrimps
2) rcs
3) otocinclus catfish
4) SAE
5) bristlenose catfish
6) american flagfish

but i forgot which fish/shrimps eat which one.. hehe still a newbie and still learning

*btw, hair algae, if they maintain growing in a single spot, will they make a s good foreground plant? hehe wonder why they never occured inside in my tank *

I less put shrimp into my tank because my tank lot fish . Without all those fauna how can we control those algae in my plant. Is that possible my lighting problem ? Do I need change my lighting ? What is the best lighting to put in 3ft tank for plants ?
Can anyone share what is the good lighting system , please help

seems like anubias leaf,common been attacked by bba
trim it let the new leaf grow, what other plant u hv?
slow growing plant easy to be infected by bba
perhaps u can stop dosing step 3 n put it under shady area

ur light is ok if u only hv slow growing plants
since u r using ADA stuff,try use pyton git
u might refer the book of ADA as guide

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Mar 4 2012, 05:43 PM

err, how you guys/girls setting ure co2 manula regulator? need steady hands eh?
evrytime i setting, too much bubles/second, when i got 1bps, after 15 minutes,
no bubbles go out anymore, need to reset again, then the same thing repeat again and again hehe..
no...i will not buy solenoid regulator for the time being <------------(if anyone try to advice me to use solenoid )

My tank all is slow growing plant , you mention the slow growing plant easy affect by BBa , what is the full name of BBa ?

The slow growing plant can stand with 8 hour lighting with 2 x 36w tube ppl light ?


Is your guy got install the bubble machine turn on when the co2 shutdown ? I heard someone say we need have bubble at night to generate o2 , is that truth ?

This post has been edited by bluecoat: Mar 4 2012, 07:45 PM

BBA can also be known as : Black Brush Algae/Black Beard Algae/Red Algae
I dont understand the 3rd question sorry for my noobness

good quality regulator shouldn't have this issue

4hrs lightning period is too short IMHO

i think he is referring to air pump
some do turn on air pump at night, some don't, no obvious differences i guess

thanx ciohbu again~

ahah, air pump.
i on24/7 hehe, and make sure they are on during co2 gas output.

Luqee, Thanks for sharing and the buble machine i means is air pump.
I heard someone say when at night the CO2 stop , the plant need o2 to process. So air pump help to process o2 at tank.

However the BBA really annoy me , i dont know what is that because over fertilizer or lighting , as mention by forum member sisaiko and ciohbu mention 4 hours lighting contidion sound like not the issue for BBA.

between should i stop using ADA step 3 green brighty ?
Willm it help the BBA issue.

Hope your guy who are face this issue before can comment and advice on this.

Below is my tank . 3 years already the plant still poor.



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What soil is that... seems like your soil lack of fertilizers

sorry, i got no algae issues in mah noob tank till now, maybe my tank is too low tech,
no ADA or any good soil(just poor mans gravel) and no ferts(just poor mans fert-fish poo + excess leftover fishfood, gonna use good fert one day though).
but my turtle container already got those Blue Green Algae, maybe my turtles water condition are too poor+no filter, too much turtles poo


^ the background, what do you use for it? looks like a moss wall to me, right?

holland sand/artificial silica sand calvin?

This post has been edited by LuQEE: Mar 4 2012, 11:04 PM

That is sand , last time I use soil for three years , it have same BBa issue. Because of thought soil dirty and less fertilizer so change to sand and use ADA product step 3 with brightly k and shape fertilizer. Will less of fertilizer can cause algae issue ?

how often u clean ur filter?
u can try stop fert TE(step 3) n see how is the effect

oo , i clean the filter 4 to 6 month 1 times. is that problem ?

i change the water every 1 or two week. recently i change water every week , because i want see the plant grew healthy.

Is the sand will cause the issue ? because i saw some aquarium with only sand also.

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Added on March 4, 2012, 11:38 pmThe backgroud is a artificial wall , is look better than traditional wallpaper backgroud.



This post has been edited by bluecoat: Mar 4 2012, 11:38 PM

grr..
i just hoping my moss will grow faster into a moss wall...now they jsut looked like a plastic with little moss poking out


also, planning to refix my Moonlighting , but i got a question, do fish hate moonlighting?
they were asleep when i close off the lights but when i onn the moonlight, they were moving slowly...till morning
is it too bright or its not blue-ish enuff?