Algae and Whatnot

Anglerman

Anglerman

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My tank is finally cycled, no ammonia or nitrites for over a week now. The problem now is that the brown algae in the tank is getting to be gross.
I have thought about an algae eating species, small as possible. Do I really need another fish in such a small tank?You all have any suggestions? Or should I just get a cleaner product or tool and and just take care of it?
By the way my 10g, has a Krib pair, and 3 phantom tetras. I hope you guys don't jump on my for having Kribensis in such a small tank. They seem really happy, and never leave each others side. Both have been dsiplaying behavior consistent to what mating behavior should be like too, bending their bodies and vibrating around each other, pretty cool to watch.

By the way my original fish all survived my newbieness, I just traded them out for different ones.
 
well if you want the cheapest and fastest way to do it and you don't have any plants theres an easy way.

Scoop the fish out for a few minutes. Remove ALL the decorations and gravel and the filter intake tube as well. Put it in a bucket of boiling water for a few minutes. algae = all dead. put it back in the tank and the algea will be gone once it falls off.
 
I thought this forum was dedicated to helping newbies learn to care for their fish the right way. I get one guy telling me to boil my plants, and another making a joke.
I posted this to get some real advice. Maybe this forum is better to search and let you "more experienced" have it to yourself.
 
I myself have a breeding pair of kribs in a 10g....if you are going to breed them...you need to remove the other fish or they will become dinner for the kribs
 
I consider brown algae a tool to judge when cycling is complete. It comes soon after the Nitrite crash and will vanish just like the Nitrites did in a few weeks. In my mature tanks, growing diatoms (brown algae) is literly impossible. Getting a magnetic algae scraper is a good thing as you will need to scrub the viewing sides of your tank every now and then. When you scrub algae, keep at least one side of your tank untouched (I leave the back of the tank with algae growing on it) since that will compete with any new algae and slow algae growth down significantly. Pretty much brown algae will dissapear as soon as the green algae shows up but it is not as agressive as the brown algae and much easier to manage in most cases.
 
That was very helpful rrkss!! Thanks
So putting in an algae eating fish would be unnecessary?
Katianna-I read in a lot of information sites that the other fish, preferably fish that hang out in the top or middle of tank; would prevent the Kribs from taking out their agression on each other.
 
Anglerman said:
I thought this forum was dedicated to helping newbies learn to care for their fish the right way. I get one guy telling me to boil my plants, and another making a joke.
I posted this to get some real advice. Maybe this forum is better to search and let you "more experienced" have it to yourself.
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I didn't tell you to boil your plants. i said "and you don't have any plants". And to the other guy if you read correctly you would see i said " Remove ALL the decorations and gravel and the filter intake tube as well. Put it in a bucket of boiling water for a few minutes" I didn't say put boiling water in your tank. This is called reading comprehension. Don't get upset because you have difficulty reading.
 
No, I read it correctly. I am sorry if I came off rude. You said put the plants in boiling water for a few minutes, I'll try it. Why should I take the fish out though?
What about soaking the plants in bleach water?
 
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