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Hi Brianna, welcome to TPT!
Lets see if I can help with those questions
Im just going to go in order of your post and hopefully itll keep me organized
First off, a note on the bamboo
It will rot underwater if its fully submerged so if it is, you may want to take it out, maybe plant it in the bottom of your filter if you have a HOB
For dirt, I personally use play sand, you can get a large bag of it at home depot for under 10$
Theres also pool filter sand which is lighter but still cheap, I got a bag at a pool supply store for under 15$
If you go that route, make sure you clean the sand, the play sand in particularly filthy.
As for easier cleaning, you can trying soaking his food so it wont float around and getting a large feeding dish. I dont think it will help much though tbh, goldfish are just messy!
Side note: I would recommend soaking anything freeze dried, it has a habit of causing bloat, something fancy goldfish are prone to already.
As for uncycled substrate, I believe you are referring to substrate compacting. Its when bacteria cant get oxygen and it dies causing rot. You can tell when it happens because the sand will turn black and smell bad. You can prevent it by poking your substrate with chopsticks or something similar thats aquarium safe, anything that will move the sand to prevent compacting. Malaysian trumpet snails will sift your substrate for you but your goldfish will most likely try to eat them and they have hard, pointy shells so I wouldnt recommend using them.
To get rid of the algae, we need to know what kind it is. What color is it? What does it look like? Is it easy to scrub off?
For plants, I would recommend plants you can tie down to something, such as anubias or java fern, both which are super easy to take care of and goldfish tend to not eat, with anubias being tough and java fern tasting bad. Crypts have strong roots but will grow slow and probably melt for awhile before growing back.
Lots of stem plants will grow fast depending on your light but are tender and prime for goldfish eating.
You can also look at duckweed if youre feeling brave. Itll grow ridiculously fast and suck up ammonia and Suna will probably nibble at it, but once you have duckweed, you will ALWAYS have duckweed. Such a pest to deal with!
Hope that helps!
-Ele
Lets see if I can help with those questions
Im just going to go in order of your post and hopefully itll keep me organized
First off, a note on the bamboo
It will rot underwater if its fully submerged so if it is, you may want to take it out, maybe plant it in the bottom of your filter if you have a HOB
For dirt, I personally use play sand, you can get a large bag of it at home depot for under 10$
Theres also pool filter sand which is lighter but still cheap, I got a bag at a pool supply store for under 15$
If you go that route, make sure you clean the sand, the play sand in particularly filthy.
As for easier cleaning, you can trying soaking his food so it wont float around and getting a large feeding dish. I dont think it will help much though tbh, goldfish are just messy!
Side note: I would recommend soaking anything freeze dried, it has a habit of causing bloat, something fancy goldfish are prone to already.
As for uncycled substrate, I believe you are referring to substrate compacting. Its when bacteria cant get oxygen and it dies causing rot. You can tell when it happens because the sand will turn black and smell bad. You can prevent it by poking your substrate with chopsticks or something similar thats aquarium safe, anything that will move the sand to prevent compacting. Malaysian trumpet snails will sift your substrate for you but your goldfish will most likely try to eat them and they have hard, pointy shells so I wouldnt recommend using them.
To get rid of the algae, we need to know what kind it is. What color is it? What does it look like? Is it easy to scrub off?
For plants, I would recommend plants you can tie down to something, such as anubias or java fern, both which are super easy to take care of and goldfish tend to not eat, with anubias being tough and java fern tasting bad. Crypts have strong roots but will grow slow and probably melt for awhile before growing back.
Lots of stem plants will grow fast depending on your light but are tender and prime for goldfish eating.
You can also look at duckweed if youre feeling brave. Itll grow ridiculously fast and suck up ammonia and Suna will probably nibble at it, but once you have duckweed, you will ALWAYS have duckweed. Such a pest to deal with!
Hope that helps!
-Ele