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Did some planting today and got everything sorted.

Taken just after i planted.


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I have a giant cave i want to remove but my pleco's do use it to hide in at times and it grows plenty of algae on it for them to eat. What should i replace it with i like it but its just too big and messes the current of the tank up quite abit due to its size. They have another cave so i don't know if to just replace it with a wood/rock pile and some plants

Opinions?
 
Just gave our Trigon 190 a clean today, been woefully neglected. We still have an orange spotted plec and 4 neons in there, gonna pick some plants up in the week and restore it to former glory.
 
utajoker said:
my tank has not taken on a slight green tinge.

Ive never had a planted tank before, is this normal for the first few days?
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Sounds very much like algae bloom. Can be common in new tanks.

It should sort itself out with regular water changes, but you could blackout the tank for a couple of days, then just have the light on a couple of hours a day for 2 days. After the fourth day, do a 50% water change and then increase the lighting schedule by an hour a day. You only really want the light on max 8 hours a day.
 
BigBruiserAl said:
Get some Assassins:p
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I'm tempted, but will I not just have an assassin snail outbreak? Or are they less destructive to plants?

robfosters said:
Sounds very much like algae bloom. Can be common in new tanks.

It should sort itself out with regular water changes, but you could blackout the tank for a couple of days, then just have the light on a couple of hours a day for 2 days. After the fourth day, do a 50% water change and then increase the lighting schedule by an hour a day. You only really want the light on max 8 hours a day.
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Out of interest, when do you guys and gals have your lights turned on? When it is light outside? Or in the evening when it is dark?
 
I was wondering as putting it on during evening hours (when I'm home) would obviously increase the amount of time the tank is getting 'light' ?
 
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