Criada
06-11-2008, 11:34 PM
A month ago I bought a 5 gallon bowfront and started cycling it with Eco-Complete, water from my 20G, a bog log, and a bunch of plants. In only a couple weeks, it was cycled and I put a dwarf pufferfish in it. He's doing great, but I've got a major algae problem. I've been doing 25% water changes weekly until today, when I did another change (figuring I'd do it twice weekly here on out). I swapped out the light that came with the tank with a stronger one. My ph is stable at 7.6. I feed him a couple bloodworms and a tiny pond snail once a day.
Green spot algae dots the acrylic, but I'm most concerned about the brown algae covering the plants. I've got foxtail and wisteria, so I can't easily clean off the leaves. They seem to be doing well except for the fact that they're slimy. As soon as I scrub the glass, it comes right back!
Just now I dropped in a few Malayan Trumpet snails from my other tank. They're young (about a 1/2" long) but I'm hoping they're big enough the puffer won't eat them, and maybe they'll do some work.
Is there anything I can do? I've heard that puffers get along with otos, but I understand I need at least two otos to keep them happy, and I'm not sure how many fish I dare cram in my 5 gallon, even if the puffer's only an inch long. Maybe a shrimp? Or would my puffer peck it to death?
Green spot algae dots the acrylic, but I'm most concerned about the brown algae covering the plants. I've got foxtail and wisteria, so I can't easily clean off the leaves. They seem to be doing well except for the fact that they're slimy. As soon as I scrub the glass, it comes right back!
Just now I dropped in a few Malayan Trumpet snails from my other tank. They're young (about a 1/2" long) but I'm hoping they're big enough the puffer won't eat them, and maybe they'll do some work.
Is there anything I can do? I've heard that puffers get along with otos, but I understand I need at least two otos to keep them happy, and I'm not sure how many fish I dare cram in my 5 gallon, even if the puffer's only an inch long. Maybe a shrimp? Or would my puffer peck it to death?