New Scape

[JIM]

Very nice and clean, well arranged, and your stock is fantastic, thanks for sharing those, I love pics, saves me from setting up more tanks :)

[RonR.]

You and Ron have mentioned TangoMike. I'm going to convert my 75 gallon tank to a clown loach, SA feel kind of aquascape. Don't really know what this means for now beyound the comment. Some of Mke's plecos will go on the list.

TangoMike has some really nice plecos. His plecos are 2"-4" best I can remember and you can't beat his price. Nicest guy as well.

[danielp]

You are right about snails being food to your loaches. TangoMIke has Nice Plecos But they would be food to the fish too. You would need to grow them out some. But he could have some adults. Anything you put in the tank to eat algea would need to be big enough to not get ate.

You and Ron have mentioned TangoMike. I'm going to convert my 75 gallon tank to a clown loach, SA feel kind of aquascape. Don't really know what this means for now beyound the comment. Some of Mke's plecos will go on the list.

[danielp]

FYI: I have horned nerites and tiger nerites.

I like the nerite shells and would like to give them a try. Do you think they stand a chance against my large fronts and loaches? How hard are the shells?

I stopped by Fish Gallery this morning and Don said the loaches would try eating them and give up because of the taste.

Don graciously fished 5 siamese algae eaters out of his plant tanks. They are about 3".

Not my 1st choice but they are good and fast.

[troy tucker]

You are right about snails being food to your loaches. TangoMIke has Nice Plecos But they would be food to the fish too. You would need to grow them out some. But he could have some adults. Anything you put in the tank to eat algea would need to be big enough to not get ate.

[RonR.]

Ron have you tried nerites?

After thinking about it I'm concerned that they would be viewed as sinking pellets for my fronts and food for my loaches.

No, I'll defer to others here that have had them. I did have trumpet snails several years ago and they took over my tank. I tried loaches, baited them with lettuce and even used chemicals. They were introduced to my tank on some live plants when I was keeping discus.

[danielp]

Ron have you tried nerites?

After thinking about it I'm concerned that they would be viewed as sinking pellets for my fronts and food for my loaches.

[armthehomeless]

Re: New Scape

FYI: I have horned nerites and tiger nerites.

[danielp]

I like the nerite suggestion.

Do you know where I can get some?

I might try to stop by Fish Gallery later on this morning.

[mistahoo]

Brown algae can grow even with LEDs. They can and will thrive in even very low light tanks. Generally appears in new tanks or if you do a huge change like swapping your substrate. Just lower the time your lights are on. Adding plecos will increase waste in your tank. I find plecos counter-productive at keeping the tank clean. I do love plecos though! Smaller algae eaters would be better, or nerites if you don't mind snails

[danielp]

Thanks. I'll reach out to TangoMike.

For whatever reason i have a green thumb with plecos. Everything else lives for years.

Might go for a couple of siamese algae eaters. Have had luck with them in the past.

[RonR.]

I'm starting to see some brown algae growth on my limestone rock.

Thought led lights didn't cause algae growth issues. Wow did I read something wrong.

What's the best thing to attack brown algae? I need a herd quick.

Brown algae can grow in low lighting so it's not really about the lights. Longer lighting schedules can aggravate it though. How many hours are you running your LEDs daily?

Here's a link you may want to review:

http://www.cyphos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21487&highlight=brown+algae

I would reduce your light schedule. Scrub your rocks outside the tank. Do weekly water changes. Reduce feeding. Get some bn plecos from TangoMike.

People get the brown algae in new tank set ups mainly.

I think I got the brown algae when I changed from gravel to sand back in 2005. It took a few months to get it in check......then I started getting the regular green algae. My plecos have been able to keep my holey rock pretty clean of it.

[New_Cichlid11]

What I've use are reg plecos mine kills all the forming algae that shows up

[danielp]

I'm starting to see some brown algae growth on my limestone rock.

Thought led lights didn't cause algae growth issues. Wow did I read something wrong.

What's the best thing to attack brown algae? I need a herd quick.

[danielp]

Nice scape.

One cyp?

It's a giant danio that i used to cycle the tank. There is actually 2 of them from the original group of 4.

Don't really fit in but they are part of the tank.