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Hi All,
I have a well-planted 36 gal community aquarium (heavily-filtered) that houses about 40 small fish, including four Apistogramma agassizii (1 m, 3 f). The aquarium is generally healthy, so much so that the apistos spawn regularly in the tank, as do my 3-lined Corys, albino Corys, banjo cats and white clouds. But my problem is this: the aquarium plants are getting covered with algae and I'd like to kill the algae. I've heard that using barley extract, as found in the algae control products for outdoor ponds, is safer than using the chemical-based algae control products available for aquariums. Does anybody have any experience using either or both of these treatments with Apistos in a planted tank? I don't know all of the plants I have, but they include lots of banana plants, a Madagascar lace leaf plant, a couple of Vallisneria, one or two Amazon swords, some micro swords and pygmy chain swords. Thank you for any advice you can offer.
P.S. Other fish in tank include hatchetfish, cherry barbs, glow-light tetras, upside-down catfishes, a clown pleco, Panda garras, dwarf African frogs, a flying fox, and a black kuhli loach. The tank also gets a 30-40% water change weekly.
I have a well-planted 36 gal community aquarium (heavily-filtered) that houses about 40 small fish, including four Apistogramma agassizii (1 m, 3 f). The aquarium is generally healthy, so much so that the apistos spawn regularly in the tank, as do my 3-lined Corys, albino Corys, banjo cats and white clouds. But my problem is this: the aquarium plants are getting covered with algae and I'd like to kill the algae. I've heard that using barley extract, as found in the algae control products for outdoor ponds, is safer than using the chemical-based algae control products available for aquariums. Does anybody have any experience using either or both of these treatments with Apistos in a planted tank? I don't know all of the plants I have, but they include lots of banana plants, a Madagascar lace leaf plant, a couple of Vallisneria, one or two Amazon swords, some micro swords and pygmy chain swords. Thank you for any advice you can offer.
P.S. Other fish in tank include hatchetfish, cherry barbs, glow-light tetras, upside-down catfishes, a clown pleco, Panda garras, dwarf African frogs, a flying fox, and a black kuhli loach. The tank also gets a 30-40% water change weekly.
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