Hair Algae AGAIN??

I had two SAEs (about 2 inches each) in my tank. And they do eat hair algae but not in a clean way. And they don't do a good job on the glasses as bristlenose plecos do. So I think having one is a good idea to control algae but I don't think they will get rid of it completely. As long as you have a realistic expectation, you will not be disappointed.
 
yhbae said:
I had two SAEs (about 2 inches each) in my tank. And they do eat hair algae but not in a clean way. And they don't do a good job on the glasses as bristlenose plecos do. So I think having one is a good idea to control algae but I don't think they will get rid of it completely. As long as you have a realistic expectation, you will not be disappointed.
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Can you clarify a little more on the "not in a clean way" comment please? :)

And I'm a little skeptical on getting another pleco as the last 2 I had died of unknown causes, I still think that I bought them underfed, and lacking nutrition.

What are the tank requirements for bristlenose plecos, and does anyone think that I'll be overstocked if I add more fish, my tank setup is the 29g in my sig.

Thanks! :)
 
Pudge said:
Can you clarify a little more on the "not in a clean way" comment please? :)

And I'm a little skeptical on getting another pleco as the last 2 I had died of unknown causes, I still think that I bought them underfed, and lacking nutrition.

What are the tank requirements for bristlenose plecos, and does anyone think that I'll be overstocked if I add more fish, my tank setup is the 29g in my sig.

Thanks! :)
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Not clean as in they don't eat every single hair on the leaves. For some reason, they don't touch some hairs at all. So for me, SAE did not give me a clean looking tank but it does reduce the overall amount of hair algae.

Bristlenose plecos are incredibly poopy. SAEs were no slouch either but compare to Bristlenose, they don't poop much. But bristlenose did much better job in cleaning the glass though.
 
I would shut the powerhead of during the day cause it puts to much oxygen in the water and takes away from the co2.the plants need co2 during the day and use more oxygen during the night when the lights are out. I could tell you how to get rid of the algae but it takes patience on your part cause all your vals might go dormant for a couple of months. this might sound crazy but it has always worked for me. (1) part non scented bleech to about (30+)parts water, only soak them for a liitle while. maybe 5 minutes or longer if need be. now your vals might seem to die off but if you trim the dead leaves, even if you have to trim them all and replant the roots they will grow back, atleast mine always did. don't try this unless you plan on having you plants dorrmant for a couple of months, good luck. this doesn,t worr with all plants
 
you could always get some true siamese algae eaters too. they will do the job as long as they are real SAE's and not a look alike
 
yhbae said:
And according to my program, you are currently 95% stocked - whatever its worth... haha. :D
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Haha thanks! I was trying to test that on your software but I wasn't able to get it installed, tried 3 PCs and all got the same error :(

dadiopadio said:
I would shut the powerhead of during the day cause it puts to much oxygen in the water and takes away from the co2.the plants need co2 during the day and use more oxygen during the night when the lights are out. I could tell you how to get rid of the algae but it takes patience on your part cause all your vals might go dormant for a couple of months. this might sound crazy but it has always worked for me. (1) part non scented bleech to about (30+)parts water, only soak them for a liitle while. maybe 5 minutes or longer if need be. now your vals might seem to die off but if you trim the dead leaves, even if you have to trim them all and replant the roots they will grow back, atleast mine always did. don't try this unless you plan on having you plants dorrmant for a couple of months, good luck. this doesn,t worr with all plants
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I would like to try doing that, but I really don't think I want to take the plants out of my tank, they're nice and rooted now and have daughter plants (both of them). Although, I was considering trimming them also, by using a razor blade on them in the tank, most of the hair algae is on the ends, and only seems to start after about 2-3 inches from the bottom.

*edit* Oh and also, I no longer have a powerhead, I took it out as it looked ugly in my tank, and I want it to be as natural as I can make it.

dadiopadio said:
you could always get some true siamese algae eaters too. they will do the job as long as they are real SAE's and not a look alike
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I am looking into SAEs hopefully picking one up tonight, and I'm hoping the combination of ideas will help slow down or prevent my hair algae.
 
They were .Net framework errors, but now that I ran it separately from the setup it works fine.. Seems to give me that every time after I run the setup and it auto-opens it.
 
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