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.
7AM - Water before PWC.
PH - 8 GH - 7 KH - 8
Ammonia - .50
Nitrite - .25
Nitrate - 30
8 Gallon PWC with Prime @ 7:30AM
Tank temperature: 77 degrees F.
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)
All fish are fine: 2 Guppies, 2 Cory Cats, 4 Neons, 1 platy.
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.
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.
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. :
)
Thanks everyone for all your help!
Connie
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