Benefits of Algae & Fancy Goldfish! | How I grew my green algae carpet

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
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Komentáře • 17

  • @marklee4409
    @marklee4409 Před rokem +2

    I have spent 20 years fighting algae in various tanks. The idea of letting algea grow over the bottom sounds like payback lol. It looks great in your tank.

  • @littlewigglemonster7691

    I always let algae carpet all walls except the front with goldfish and many others. Goldfish (shubunkins) always loved picking at it. Always stayed short any legnthy bits get trimmed quick
    Also freaking gorgeous tank and fish sir. Cant wait to get set up again.

  • @SCHRUBBE1966
    @SCHRUBBE1966 Před 7 měsíci

    Clean 🧼 it all out and only use distilled water 💦 for changes if you have smaller aquarium . Also you can put a small uv steriliser filter in it

    • @AquaticElements
      @AquaticElements  Před 7 měsíci

      I use a pond UV on my system, but the algae is so beneficial, I'm not cleaning mine 😁

  • @PetHub-1
    @PetHub-1 Před 8 měsíci

    I have green carpet algea for only 2weeks

  • @gemnickygamer169
    @gemnickygamer169 Před rokem

    Great video. I'd like to grow a green algae carpet but my tank is being filled up with black beard algae. Any ideas to deter the black hair algae so I can replace it with a green carpet?

    • @AquaticElements
      @AquaticElements  Před rokem

      You can try hydrogen peroxide on it. If it's on ornaments or wood, I would remove them and soak in boiling water to remove it.

    • @gemnickygamer169
      @gemnickygamer169 Před rokem

      @@AquaticElements Sadly I can't boil them as there's plants attached and I tried hydrogen peroxide once but it was impractical for me to use. Thanks for advice anyway.

    • @littlewigglemonster7691
      @littlewigglemonster7691 Před rokem

      ​@@gemnickygamer169Water Lab's Algae Control works good. And make sure to turn all filters off for a period of time when you add peroxide. I think it's 3-4 tsp's per 10 gal. Do this at night before lights go off.

    • @littlewigglemonster7691
      @littlewigglemonster7691 Před rokem

      ​@@gemnickygamer169also do peroxide 3-5 nights in a row. I recommend keeping lights off the whole time, and you can even put a towel over / around tank during day to avoid light going in.
      So 1. Darkness is your friend
      2. Keep dosing for a few days.

    • @gemnickygamer169
      @gemnickygamer169 Před rokem +1

      @@littlewigglemonster7691 Ok. I'll try that. maybe the filters running and the tank not being in complete darkness at the time is way it didn't work. Thank you.

  • @RedGalaxyFishbone
    @RedGalaxyFishbone Před 5 měsíci

    Hi, I am trying to get green algae. I got strong filtration + good lighting, got my tank setup running for 2 weeks now. But I see green hair algae + brownish/yellowish algae forming. What should I do?

    • @AquaticElements
      @AquaticElements  Před 5 měsíci +1

      The green carpet will take a while. In new tanks, you will get the brown diatom algae first. Normally, I would say green algae comes after 6-8 weeks

    • @RedGalaxyFishbone
      @RedGalaxyFishbone Před 5 měsíci

      @@AquaticElements alright, and just do the water changes and let the algae sit or do you clean or trim down the diatoms?

    • @AquaticElements
      @AquaticElements  Před 5 měsíci

      @RedGalaxyFishbone you can let it sit or clean it off. I have seen people do both with success 🙌🏽

    • @RedGalaxyFishbone
      @RedGalaxyFishbone Před 5 měsíci

      @@AquaticElements thank you!