Zeoth
Fishaholic
I've go just one plant (a Hygrophilia species) and it has Hair algea growing on it. It's no where else in the tank, only on the plant. How do I get rid of the hair algea?
black out the whole tank for about 24-48 hours....
I would be a tiny bit worried the plant might take hit from the lack of light, but how do you figure that would in any way effect the fish negativley? They would be absolutely fine for 2 days (and much longer) without any light.black out the whole tank for about 24-48 hours....
Won't that damadge the plant? Not to mention the fish....
When people mention 'black outs' it just does not mean just switch the lights off. It means TOTAL darkness in the tank. In otherwords you cover the whole tank in about 10 black bin bags or whatever it takes and LEAVE IT TOTALLY ALONE for 3 days. NO PEEKING.
Andy
A) My tank's been running for a year and 2 months
Good. that means it should be stable and the filter well established. As a general recommendation, can you add Zeolite to your filter?
Q) Do you REALLY want plants? <- major bottom-line question really.
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No good for growing plants then really, and probably pretty poor at bringing the colours out in your fish.
You say your tank has been running for 1yr 2monts, yet your stock is only 5 months old. Have you had a recent revamp then?
Andy