Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie's 29 gallon Tank 9-25-12 and Questions

http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm#types

Check this link, I'd guess you have diatom algae it will go away on its own when your cycle is over and stable.

I like the mag floats they work well. Make sure to buy the one for your tank size.

For me when I'm using Prime or Amquel Plus I let the ammonia, and nitrites stay around 1 ppm, its not toxic since the Prime has done its job I add it every other day when I am still reading any ammonia, and or nitrite.

Your tank is planted with live plants so you could get 3 or 4 otto cats, but let the tank finish cycling first.
Donna

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> From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
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>Subject: [tropical fish club] Connie's 29 gallon Tank 9-25-12 and Questions
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>Sorry, should have written this yesterday, but got a migraine....
>Tank set up 8-29-12
>Haven't tested the water this morning yet but wanted to let you know
>how the tank was as of yesterday.
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>7AM - Water before PWC.
>PH - 8 GH - 7 KH - 8
>Ammonia - .50
>Nitrite - .25
>Nitrate - 30
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>8 Gallon PWC with Prime @ 7:30AM
>Tank temperature: 77 degrees F.
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>Water test at 1PM
>PH - 8.0 GH - 7 KH - 8
>Ammonia between .25 and .50
>Nitrite - 0
>Nitrate - between 30 and 35 (my best guess)
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>All fish are fine: 2 Guppies, 2 Cory Cats, 4 Neons, 1 platy.
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>Concerns and Questions:
>1. I opened a photo album in the Photos section of the group.
>I noticed some algae is beginning to form on the top leaves of one of the
>plants
>that is located right under the LED lights. It appears brown to me.
>Please look at the photo of it in my album: Connie's Tank
>Is this a danger sign or normal? I thought brown algae formed because
>of not enough light. But this is right under the light in the tank. One of
>the guppies
>is eating it and seems to like it.
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>2. Also, what is the best way to scrap down/clean the inside of the front of
>the tank?
>I bought a long handled scraper when I got the tank, but when I looked at it
>the blade is not a razor...it is just a piece of metal. Is this going to
>work?
>I have never tried those magnetic scrapers. Do they work? When I had
>tanks before I just bought a razor blade hand held scraper and scraped it
>down at
>the PWCs by hand.
>And I assume the stuff you scrap off that ends up floating in the water you
>try to
>get out with the gravel vacuum. I remember after scraping having such a lot
>of algae floating in the
>water years ago that I used the fish net and would slowly swish it back and
>forth catching
>the "floaties" to help clean the water. That tank had both undergravel
>filter and HOB filter back then.
>I just remember the tank water was so "dirty" looking until the filters had
>a chance to clean up the water.
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>3. I would like to eventually get an algae eater. Is there a good choice for
>my water and a community tank?
>I understand the plecos grow really big. I also have read the Chinese Algae
>eaters only eat algae as a young
>fish and eventually stop eating algae. Also that they might try to eat the
>slime on some fish. So was just wondering
>if there was a good choice for my community tank for an algae eater. I know
>an algae eater will not "solve" the algae problems in a tank, but if I am
>going to have algae, it would be nice to have a fish that likes to eat it. :
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>Thanks everyone for all your help!
>Connie
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