Hello folks,
I have a Taiwan Bee tank that is a bit over a year old, but I haven't found a good steady state equilibrium for shrimp / plants / algae.
Currently I dose a low level of nitrates and all-in-one, but the ammonia / nitrite / nitrate are still stuck at zero. Some algae grows on the walls which the shrimp graze on, but recently there is also floating patches of algae on top of the water. They are so thin that you can barely see them, but when I scoop it out, it looks like a green film with a little bit of blue tint. Is this BGA (cyanobacteria)? Most of the pictures I find on the internet have it covering the substrate instead. I read that it is mildly toxic, so I wonder if this is the reason my shrimp have been kind of quiet recently. Is H2O2 a good way to get rid of this? I also read that this can grow if the nitrates are too low, so does that mean dose even more ferts?
Second question - the bottom third of my Ludwigia Arucata seems to be covered with some kind of dead algae. I think it was formerly hair algae - which the shrimp won't eat - and has now died and turned a darker green. The shrimp don't eat that either, so it stays around. What is a good way to get rid of this?
The plants in this tank are: peacock moss (grows fast)
S repens (most prone to yellowing, and recently losing a lot of leaves)
Monte Carlo (doing well right now)
DHG (never grew well)
Ludwigia Arucata (grows fast, but also collects algae)
I have a Taiwan Bee tank that is a bit over a year old, but I haven't found a good steady state equilibrium for shrimp / plants / algae.
Currently I dose a low level of nitrates and all-in-one, but the ammonia / nitrite / nitrate are still stuck at zero. Some algae grows on the walls which the shrimp graze on, but recently there is also floating patches of algae on top of the water. They are so thin that you can barely see them, but when I scoop it out, it looks like a green film with a little bit of blue tint. Is this BGA (cyanobacteria)? Most of the pictures I find on the internet have it covering the substrate instead. I read that it is mildly toxic, so I wonder if this is the reason my shrimp have been kind of quiet recently. Is H2O2 a good way to get rid of this? I also read that this can grow if the nitrates are too low, so does that mean dose even more ferts?
Second question - the bottom third of my Ludwigia Arucata seems to be covered with some kind of dead algae. I think it was formerly hair algae - which the shrimp won't eat - and has now died and turned a darker green. The shrimp don't eat that either, so it stays around. What is a good way to get rid of this?
The plants in this tank are: peacock moss (grows fast)
S repens (most prone to yellowing, and recently losing a lot of leaves)
Monte Carlo (doing well right now)
DHG (never grew well)
Ludwigia Arucata (grows fast, but also collects algae)