Valek Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Driftwood before and after. Only one olive snail working on it. Taking on the plants now. Shrimple minded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticShrimpNoob Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Hi Valek, That's a nice piece of driftwood you got there!! Here's my experience about algae. I tried Nerite snails and Siamese Algae Eater. Both have decreased my algae problem in my 75 gallon tank. However, I keep getting slimy algae coating on my plants ( I think just like yours) despite my weekly water change routine (never missed a week) and decrease time on light exposure. I could not stand it anymore. My plants were growing slow due to the algae coating. So, I decided to buy three ottos. And just like that, the algae problem on my plants are gone (9 out of 10 if I have to grade). They just kept eating algae. It was a pretty fast pace. They stayed in one area in my aquarium for few days. When the algae's were gone, they moved to different location. Now, I have to supply my tank with vegetable just for them (algae can't keep up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valek Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Ottos are definitely the best algae eaters but they aren't an option for me due to my ten gal tank being to small for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticShrimpNoob Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 I totally agree!! I have not done much research about ottos besides their appetite for algae. I do agree that these guys need larger volume. In addition, I believe that they are community fish (based on my observation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBdirtbag Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Nerites are great, till they cover your driftwood with eggs. I had a gorgeous piece of wood (no giggles) that they coated, spent like 2 hours with a pocket knife one day scrapping them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticShrimpNoob Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Those are what I have with my driftwoods in my 75 gallon tank now. I used to take each out and scrapped every single one. But it just became a pain and time consuming. I am just hoping that it will get to a point that my plants propagate well that the eggs are not noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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