I think it's a great video, but I felt it's kind of misleading, maybe especially towards newer Aquarists. If you have only fish in your tank then getting rid of algae is great. But for someone like me who keep snails and shrimp in my tanks getting rid of algae 100% is not an option. They require it to live. I have amano shrimp, cherry shrimp, and ghost shrimp all living together along with 2 black racer nerite snails and one blue mystery snail. Between them I never have algae problems. My light comes on at 8am in the morning and goes off at 9pm at night on a timer, that's 13 hours of light everyday, sometimes I leave it on longer on weekend nights. When I clean my tank, I only scrape the front glass where people look through. All other three sides I leave alone and let algae grow on it so my snails and shrimp have plenty of food. Algae problems that take over a tank usually occur because of poor maintenance routines from the Aquarist.
i love using nerite snails to eat the algae because they are always on the look for it. the only downside to them is that they poop alot but i would rather clean nerite poop than have algae all over my plants.
I’ve been battling algae on my swords for a while now, it’s odd because it’s only on those and not my huge Anubias, could it be a light problem? I keep the lights on 6hrs a day and no co2 but I dose daily with liquid carbon
I have very, very little algae on my Amazon sword plant, and I keep my lights on for 13 hours a day. I have amano shrimp, Cherry shrimp, ghost shrimp and snails that keep the algae to a manageable amount.
@@thatguywhohasfish Thanks! I had a mystery snail and nerite and they took care of the algae on everything but my plants. So I think I will need to get some shrimp!
@@TeejayLeigh the shrimp will do a great job especially amano and ghost shrimp. You can also do what I do sometimes, which is to go to your LFS and find some kind of soft course foam in their fish section. Whenever you do tank maintenance, cut a small square piece of the course foam and gently scrape the algae off of the leaves that have algae on them. Make sure it's Gently! As I have in the past have made little tears on the leafs by accident. But as long as you do it carefully it's an effective way to clear algae off your sword leaves.
A few options, raising CO2 could help, could be high phosphates in the water, if that is the case cleaning more frequently and using phosphate absorbing media can help, you can dip the plants in a hydrogen peroxide solution, you only want to dip the leaves though, not the roots, but some plants cannot handle this process. If possible, you could add an algae eater to the tank, a few species that will eat black beard algae are Siamese algae eaters, American flagfish, or Amano shrimp.
I would soak ornaments in a bucket with a 1/9 ratio of bleach and water 1 part bleach, 9 parts water, and then soak for about 15 minutes, then rinse the items and bucket with water and refill to soak in water with dechlorinator for another 15-20 minutes, rinse again, and air dry completely before adding back into the tank.
This channel is super underrated , the explanation is clear, to the point and helpful
Very well explained Mandy, one of the best channel in RUclips for aquarium lovers 👍🤗
Thank you so much! 😁
Thanks for the info 😊
I think it's a great video, but I felt it's kind of misleading, maybe especially towards newer Aquarists. If you have only fish in your tank then getting rid of algae is great. But for someone like me who keep snails and shrimp in my tanks getting rid of algae 100% is not an option. They require it to live. I have amano shrimp, cherry shrimp, and ghost shrimp all living together along with 2 black racer nerite snails and one blue mystery snail. Between them I never have algae problems. My light comes on at 8am in the morning and goes off at 9pm at night on a timer, that's 13 hours of light everyday, sometimes I leave it on longer on weekend nights. When I clean my tank, I only scrape the front glass where people look through. All other three sides I leave alone and let algae grow on it so my snails and shrimp have plenty of food. Algae problems that take over a tank usually occur because of poor maintenance routines from the Aquarist.
this worked greatly.. more please..
Well i got my first java moss yesterday, will algae grows on that🤔
i love using nerite snails to eat the algae because they are always on the look for it. the only downside to them is that they poop alot but i would rather clean nerite poop than have algae all over my plants.
Very helpful video, covering more types of algae than I new existed 🤔
I’ve been battling algae on my swords for a while now, it’s odd because it’s only on those and not my huge Anubias, could it be a light problem? I keep the lights on 6hrs a day and no co2 but I dose daily with liquid carbon
I have very, very little algae on my Amazon sword plant, and I keep my lights on for 13 hours a day. I have amano shrimp, Cherry shrimp, ghost shrimp and snails that keep the algae to a manageable amount.
@@thatguywhohasfish Thanks! I had a mystery snail and nerite and they took care of the algae on everything but my plants. So I think I will need to get some shrimp!
@@TeejayLeigh the shrimp will do a great job especially amano and ghost shrimp. You can also do what I do sometimes, which is to go to your LFS and find some kind of soft course foam in their fish section. Whenever you do tank maintenance, cut a small square piece of the course foam and gently scrape the algae off of the leaves that have algae on them. Make sure it's Gently! As I have in the past have made little tears on the leafs by accident. But as long as you do it carefully it's an effective way to clear algae off your sword leaves.
@@thatguywhohasfish Oh thats a great tip thanks I will try that!
😊👍👍 Very nice video, very helpful.
What can i do if my plants have black algae? Can’t bleach those. HELP ME!
A few options, raising CO2 could help, could be high phosphates in the water, if that is the case cleaning more frequently and using phosphate absorbing media can help, you can dip the plants in a hydrogen peroxide solution, you only want to dip the leaves though, not the roots, but some plants cannot handle this process. If possible, you could add an algae eater to the tank, a few species that will eat black beard algae are Siamese algae eaters, American flagfish, or Amano shrimp.
@@thenerdyfishgirl great advice. Honest and professional.
did you say bleach items removed from tank to get rid of black beard? spray with bleach, rinse off..what is the process?
I would soak ornaments in a bucket with a 1/9 ratio of bleach and water 1 part bleach, 9 parts water, and then soak for about 15 minutes, then rinse the items and bucket with water and refill to soak in water with dechlorinator for another 15-20 minutes, rinse again, and air dry completely before adding back into the tank.
@@thenerdyfishgirl Thank you
i have that brown algae in my main tank i hate it makes the tank look really dirty
Can you do a video on paradise fish please
looking good girl