DC-FUERTEVENTURA
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Hi I have a 60L freshwater tank set up for a year now, also a 300L set up for well over 10yrs with no problems at all.
I introduced live plants in my 60L and within a week, week and a half my tank is like this photo, I clean it out by 50% water change, removing the few plants that are surviving and physically remove this algae, I assume it is hair grass algae, the fish population is minimal 5 male guppies 2 male swords and 3 Nerite snails, not adding nothing else until I have solved the problem. The lava rock I take out and boil that sorts them out, but I can’t boil the plants or substrate, I am in the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and very limited supplies usually by internet. I have another 60L tank I could set up using 60% water from my 300L and 40% fresh so I do not transport any algae to it, water parameters are identical bar 0.5 difference in ph. That and the cleaned rocks could go in, but how do I get rid of it from the substrate, it cost me nearly 75 euros, the plants well I could bin them and buy more, filtration is per external filter, 1020LPH 14w, that would also have to be severely cleaned I would have thought.
Please if anybody has a more less work solution I would really appreciate it.
On the verge of dismounting it and packing it up, but my wife would like to change it to keep a Betty with a few other compatible tank mates, I am in the hands of you guys for help.
Thanks
DC-Fuerteventura
I introduced live plants in my 60L and within a week, week and a half my tank is like this photo, I clean it out by 50% water change, removing the few plants that are surviving and physically remove this algae, I assume it is hair grass algae, the fish population is minimal 5 male guppies 2 male swords and 3 Nerite snails, not adding nothing else until I have solved the problem. The lava rock I take out and boil that sorts them out, but I can’t boil the plants or substrate, I am in the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and very limited supplies usually by internet. I have another 60L tank I could set up using 60% water from my 300L and 40% fresh so I do not transport any algae to it, water parameters are identical bar 0.5 difference in ph. That and the cleaned rocks could go in, but how do I get rid of it from the substrate, it cost me nearly 75 euros, the plants well I could bin them and buy more, filtration is per external filter, 1020LPH 14w, that would also have to be severely cleaned I would have thought.
Please if anybody has a more less work solution I would really appreciate it.
On the verge of dismounting it and packing it up, but my wife would like to change it to keep a Betty with a few other compatible tank mates, I am in the hands of you guys for help.
Thanks
DC-Fuerteventura
