diatoms

I have a 10gal betta tank with 3 amano shrimp and 1 nerite snail. I'm getting a lot of brown algae on the glass that's clouding my view, and my algae eaters aren't dealing with it. Anything I could add to help out? Also, should I add any bottom feeders? I noticed some teeny tiny detritus worms.

So I clearly have a diatom issue! I’ve read so many things however I’m even more confused than when I started as all the information I’ve read is conflicting! My parameters are great ph 7.5 ammonia 0 nitrite zero and nitrates 12.5mg. it’s a newly cycled tank so I know this is normal. However it...

hello I am considering getting a uv light. I am having some diatoms appear and hair algae in my established 29 gallon. How effective are uv lights and are there any better options?

Well, this may not seem like a newbie question but it is ;) I have done a bit of reading on tropical tanks recently, and to 'clean & polish' a tank I read that diatom filters were amazing. I have a bit of cloudy water, and recent additions seems to shows some spot which appear to be ich. I have...

I picked up a ram chiclid 3-4 months ago. They had the fish labeled as a German Blue Ram. However it's not coloring up and I'm not sure if this is because of bad breeding or if it might be either a Bolivian ram or gold ram instead. He does have a black spike on his front dorsal fin, although the...

A change from T8's to Led lights plus the addition of an external filter triggered a diatom bloom. I was happy to wait it out till some black beard algae appeared on wood in the tank. I took the wood out, poured hot water on it and gave it a good scrub. The wood's been back in the tank less than...

I recently started a 20 gal long planted aquarium. I have had many aquariums but this is the first one I have had fully stocked with live plants, so I am new to the planted tank world. It has been up and running (and cycled) for about 8 weeks and no plants seem to be flourishing.  I have a T5...

hello ive had a marine tank setup for 5_6years now, which includes lots of live rock, sand bed, 3 bubbletips, 2 clowns, 1 yellow tail blue damsel, 54litre tank, arcadia 21watt led strip light, 3000wave maker powerhead and fluval exturnal filter with all ceramic, floss, carbon, nitrates remover...

I set up my nano tank 1 month ago. Right now im having problems with algae. Will an otto do tue work for me or do I still have to clean it up myself?