Finishing off my tank next week :)

[ryanoh]

This is what happened to me.
I scrubbed it off, got trumpet snails, and it hasn't come back. To me that's not enough evidence that they're eating it since I changed up my CO2 and other things, but its also not enough to say they're not eating it either.

 

[big54bob]

Fishman your best bet for an algae eater is BN pl*co. It is robust enough to woop the bumblebee catfish if any conflict arises and does an excellent job with brown algea.

As for the snail, what you are thinking about is called a nerite snail. No personal experiences with them.

 

[Fishman1995]

I cant get any driftwood for the BN pleco. Id rather get 8 snails

 

[lauraf]

Yikes, you probably don't need 8 snails

 

[Fishman1995]

you sure lmao

 

[ryanoh]

For my pleco for a while I got a piece of driftwood that they sell for parrots. It was cheap, and though I probably should have boiled it or something I didn't know any better at the time, and nothing bad happened. The only thing you have to do is cut the metal screw off the end.

 

[Fishman1995]

what about reptile driftwood?

 

[misterking]

what about reptile driftwood?

What's the difference? Pretty much all reptile and aquarium driftwood we have over here is mopane so it makes very little difference. Does it say what type of wood it is on the reptile wood?

 

[Fishman1995]

i dont belive so, its just huge hunks of wood

 

[unwritten law]

reptile wood will probably float for a very long time....

 

[bassbonediva]

My otos chill on the glass and eat the algae there all the time. Not sure where you got that they won't.

My bumblebee cat and my otos hide in the same little rock cave in the 29gal. I've never had a problem with Grover getting aggressive toward the otos.

Fishman, what about wild-collecting some driftwood? I have done that with all my tanks and my driftwood is awesome. It's free and all you have to do is boil it to make sure you get the ickies out of it.

Two nerite snails would make short work of any algae in your tank.

 

[Fishman1995]

Alright

 

[marvin]

dont guess your interested but that green jewell may be rare to the USA O well

 

[bassbonediva]

dont guess your interested but that green jewell may be rare to the USA O well

If they aren't compatible with his current tank, it doesn't matter if they're rare or not.

 

[OrangeCones]

Dunno how 'rare' they are here. They sell them at my mom-pop fish store nearby for $3.95 for a 2" one. They keep them so cramped in the tank they are in, it reminded me of the 'feeder guppies' they sell.

 

[Fishman1995]

I see alot of white tiny particles in my tank, could this be food that would feed a Bamboo shrimp?

 

[Thyra]

Can't be of any help about the white particles in your tank, but I am curious - did any of your platy fry survive? Enough of mine seem to survive just leaving them on there own. Apparently they find refuge in the plants, particularly the top floating ones. I use the word "enough" because at this rate I will soon be having to find homes for both platys and mollies.

 

[Fishman1995]

Nope, mine died in that cup, the next morning all were floating so i put the bodys in my big tank

 

[OrangeCones]

Nope, mine died in that cup, the next morning all were floating so i put the bodys in my big tank

You put dead fish into your new tank? May I ask why?

 

[Fishman1995]

For a food source, they werent dead for like a week for something, they had been dead from maybe 2or 3 hours