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Iām also dealing with hair algae. It started a few weeks ago because I neglected to clean the tank for too long. It got pretty bad but I ripped out as much as I could last week and thought I was done with it. The annoying thing is all the bits that are stuck to the gravel. My siphon isnāt strong enough to pull them up and my hands can only do so much; I actually had to straight-up remove a small amount of gravel.
Well now itās coming back at double speed. I can keep pulling it out, but I would like to address the root cause if it can. Iāve reduced the daylight hours of the tank, and I really donāt think Iām overfeeding (which means I probably am lol) but Iām gonna try to feed less anyway.
Among all the doom and gloom, one bit of good news(!): I figured out how to apply the repashy onto my driftwood, and all the fish loved it. I donāt think my shrimp got to it because it was too out in the open, BUT I finally got confirmation that the otos understand the repashy! I bought it for them in the first place but I could never tell if they were actually getting any. This time I could clearly see them munching on it in broad daylight, alongside the other fish. I think it helped that I had it spread over a larger surface, so the fish didnāt crowd each other.
I have to be careful with feeding because my danios (and platies, but at least THEYāRE supposed to like algae) are pigs and will devour any kind of food I put in there, even if itās something clearly not theirs, like an algae wafer.
Well now itās coming back at double speed. I can keep pulling it out, but I would like to address the root cause if it can. Iāve reduced the daylight hours of the tank, and I really donāt think Iām overfeeding (which means I probably am lol) but Iām gonna try to feed less anyway.
Among all the doom and gloom, one bit of good news(!): I figured out how to apply the repashy onto my driftwood, and all the fish loved it. I donāt think my shrimp got to it because it was too out in the open, BUT I finally got confirmation that the otos understand the repashy! I bought it for them in the first place but I could never tell if they were actually getting any. This time I could clearly see them munching on it in broad daylight, alongside the other fish. I think it helped that I had it spread over a larger surface, so the fish didnāt crowd each other.
I have to be careful with feeding because my danios (and platies, but at least THEYāRE supposed to like algae) are pigs and will devour any kind of food I put in there, even if itās something clearly not theirs, like an algae wafer.
