Algae
#1 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:33 PM
#2 Guest_killier_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:37 PM
thanks,
Robert
#3 Guest_wolfie8000_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:46 PM
#4 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:51 PM
#5 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:35 PM
#6 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:44 PM
My tanks are really not for show though so aesthetics mean nothing to me. Algea serves several purposes from food to spawning material to Ad Hoc vegetive filteration. I really do not get why so many hate this stuff given how much of a value it can be to an aquarium and the fish being kept.
#7 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:50 PM
#8 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:51 PM
I too am an algae fan, all I care about is keeping the front glass clear.
Who needs front glass?
Edit: Pic is of a pupfish breeding tank (Cypinodon macularius)
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#9 Guest_sandtiger_*
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:53 PM
#10 Guest_teleost_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 08:44 AM
#11 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 09:04 AM
This is a great topic. I'm a bit bi-polar on the algae issue. I have tanks for viewing upstairs and tanks for growth in the basement. Upstairs I try to keep the algae to a minimum on two or more panes of glass but downstairs I let it grow nice and thick on all sides. Every now and then I scrape a little viewing window on the front of the tanks in the basement.
I'm kinda the same way. I have 4 tanks in my guest bedroom/office and I let the algae go in them. The tank in my livingroom and kitchen I tend to keep algae off the glass, well atleast some of the glass. Most people see the algae and think my tank is dirty.
After I made it back to Louisiana after Katrina my tanks had been without power for about a week. One of them had some really cool bluish/bright green velvety growth on some of the wood. I kept it growing for until I swiched the tank to the dark side (non natives) and it was eaten.
#12 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 10:30 AM
Most people see the algae and think my tank is dirty.
This comment always cracks me up.....What does algae growth have to do with being "clean" ? I know of some people that keep their tanks so sparkling clean and sterile that it is enough to make one vomit. Whats interesting about these people is that they always seem to be the same ones asking me "why are my fish not spawning ?" or "why are all my fish dying and the water chemistry won't stay stable ?" Etc.
My reply is always the same: "look at nature then look at your tanks....Nature is not sanitized of every bit of ugliness"
#13 Guest_teleost_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 10:38 AM
#14 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 06:52 PM
The bluegreen algae I hate. It grows at amazing speed, and can smother the plants really fast. I always try to nip that in the bud. (dredcon, this is probably what your bluish/bright green velvety stuff was). Easily killed with peroxide.
#15 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 08:45 PM
#16 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 08:59 PM
I let the mollies handle it in my planted tanks.
Yeah, but mollies don't work everywhere. I bet my longear sunnie would enjoy them though!
#17 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 27 October 2006 - 09:33 PM
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