Hey there,
I had a very bad out break of a hair algae of sorts.
It was every where, and nothing would touch it, not even snails.
Poor fish were even getting caught up in it too!
Then I was turned on to the miracle fish - -
The American Flag Fish!
I put 3 of them into my 30g tank, and it was unbelievable watching this
stuff disappear! In a mater of days, the tank was clean of any strands of
this algae.
The flag fish did not nibble down my plants either.
And they actually are a very pretty & pleasant fish for a community tank.
This was over a year ago & my stock has diminished due to moving.
I have a 'long 40gal' getting ready for display.
I intend to get my local fish supplier to order some of these flag fish in
for me, cause they are not a type you would find easily for sale.
But they are inexpensive.. a couple of bucks...
I don't want to get stuck with out them again.
Now, if I could only grow any other type of plant than a sword.
Regards,
JC
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> Howdy Folks,
>
> I have a moderately heavy planted 55g with a few workers, and a
> handful of other fish. The tank actually was running with fish for
> over a year before any planting was started. The bed is formed of
> sand, smaller pebbles, and the a bag of time releasing nutrient stuff
> you can buy for plants. Since the initial planting, things have went
> somewhat well. The plants seemed to have transplanted well. My Ph
> has been moderate, and I have been using occasional liquid fertilizer,
> for 2-3 months. The plants seem to have good color, and have shown
> some growth, and rooting. I installed a generic Co2 system 1 month
> ago. ThisCo2 uses the sugar, and activators mixed together which
> states it last up to 30 days a fill. I have done one small water
> change (1/6?) with bottled spring water that I treated, and have
> always used bottled thunderstorm rainwater for eva****ation. My pH
> levels seem to still be moderate, and I use two 70g filters. Within
> the last 1-2 months, several of the plants have been forming a 'muck'
> or 'sandlike' grain on them. Some of the narrow plants, like gr*****
> are getting covered so heavily it seems they are turning a light
> brown. The discuss plant's leaves seem to have several strands or
> strings of the sand growing off of them. I can brush or rub the
> discuss leaves clean, but a few days later will be, again, covered in
> strands. Is this a form of algae, or is this a plant disease? My
> filters seem to be effective, and I have replaced the filters
> components with new media a few times.
>
> Any suggestions highly appreciated!
>
> Newbie
>
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