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[BigBurgassio]

Hi All,

Just signed up today after a recommendation on this site.

Have a recently set up Ciano Black Aqua 60 tropical, had those little cotton ball things forming which now seems to have stopped, now have a bit of green algae growing, thinking to do a water change tonight, 25 percent.

Fish in tank, 4 endler guppies, 1 neon.

Cheers

Big Burgassio

 

[Sgooosh]

Welcome!
what do you mean by the little cotton balls?

 

[BigBurgassio]

Hi Sgooosh

It was these little fluffy ball type things, first time i seen them i assumed it was something that had got in by mistake and fished it out then i noticed more of them, they eventually cleared up though, i assumed they were some type of algae ?

 

[BigBurgassio]

Here she is , seems to be a build up of stringy green algae tonight, haven’t noticed it as much as that before. Did the 25 percent water change tonight , added tap safe also.

Neil the Neon featuring in both pics

 

[Sgooosh]

Here she is , seems to be a build up of stringy green algae tonight, haven’t noticed it as much as that before. Did the 25 percent water change tonight , added tap safe also.

Neil the Neon featuring in both pics

nice, thats a chunky neon! Do you plan to get more?
I think neil would get along well with my lonely rummynose!
(I had 10 originally but they died in a horrible accident)

I found that aquatic plants help with algae. Fast invasive plants such as all floaters and vallisneria outcompete the algae.

 

[bullgoose]

Good start Burgassio
If me I would add few more neons, Java moss and a heap of shrimp.. Good for clean up.. Maybe some algae eater perhaps.


Disclaimer... I'm a newbie also..

 

[BigBurgassio]

nice, thats a chunky neon! Do you plan to get more?
I think neil would get along well with my lonely rummynose!
(I had 10 originally but they died in a horrible accident)

I found that aquatic plants help with algae. Fast invasive plants such as all floaters and vallisneria outcompete the algae.

Hi, Yeah i do plan to get more, there were originally 5 neons and 5 rummy nose tetras plus the 4 endlers, but nine of them died with all the rummy noses wiped out, it was early on and i misread the heater settings which didnt help and possibly a bit of new tank syndrome.

Yeh i really need some live plants the plastic ones are ok but i want it to look more natural

Neil seems to be doing great, he hangs out with the endlers quite a bit

 

[BigBurgassio]

Good start Burgassio
If me I would add few more neons, Java moss and a heap of shrimp.. Good for clean up.. Maybe some algae eater perhaps.


Disclaimer... I'm a newbie also..

Thanks,

Shrimp sounds interesting and yeh possibly more neons plus plants, suppose i should get more mates for Neil, though he seems quite happy, just been watching him with my morning coffee, fast little fish and has a real solid look about him, was initially concerned he might not make it after the rest of his group died.

 

[BigBurgassio]

Possibly going to add a couple of alage eaters , though maybe 1 would be enough plus the shrimp, i really want to be careful not to over stock. I suppose with 5 quite small fish i have room for a bit more.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Welcome to TFF

 

[emeraldking]

Hi there & welcome to our forum...
What kind of endlers are you keeping?

 

[BigBurgassio]

Hi there & welcome to our forum...
What kind of endlers are you keeping?

Hi and thanks for the welcome,

Thats a good question, one of them is orange tinted and the other some blue on it, ill try and get a photo posted to confirm.

 

[BigBurgassio]

Hard to get a decent photo but thats one of the endler males i think , cruising next to Neil

 

[emeraldking]

View attachment 323971Hard to get a decent photo but thats one of the endler males i think , cruising next to Neil

Well, the top one is a black bar hybrid. The other one is a bit harder to tell from this angle... But both looking good.

 

[The603]

Welcome to the forum.