I love how you showed your “dirty tank” and the natural progression of an aquarium. Your not afraid to show the real life of keeping an aquarium. Your videos are awesome dave. Keep em coming buddy. Great advice.

Great vid that is spot on. I go the easy route and always throw in some nerite snails, bristlenose and black molly. They are the 1-2-3 punch and ultimate cleanup crew for planted tanks.

My man, ive been waiting to see one of these type of videos from you pro tubers on brown crap and new tank struggles since I have been in the hobby! I actually reccomended this type of vid to you a while back. Thanks for showing and the info. Not many great plant growers and scapers ever show their rough times in a scape on video. Keep us updated on the scape and the process of fighting thru. Time, keeping ur sleeves wet and patience is the key! Thanks bro, Peace!

Important to realise that there are stages in the age and maturity of planted tanks, so a great video topic to share.

Loving that wood scape tank

Love the video man I'm going threw this right now with my new setup. My diatoms always go away though. Love the informational videos man it really helps out those "noobs"

Very informative and succinct.

That’s going to be a beautiful crypt wall! Thanks for explaining not to stress about diatoms. Love ya man!

Great info that isn't necessarily mentioned elsewhere in these sorts of videos. Keep it up man.

New tank set up tip...Start your aquarium lights on a timer. Have them on for six to seven hours a day. Be patient and test your parameters on a scheduled system. This hobby is wonderful and it is very rewarding. Great info as usual. Looking forward to more updates. Have fun mountain biking. I hear you on tank maintenance as far as pruning mature tanks. Rock on bro!

Omg it's the Mandarin! Trevor!! 🤣😁

Hey dude! Love your vids, well done as always! I'm a local Utah aquarist and saw you on campus for the first time. Keep up the good work!

I am a big fan, and the setup of this tank was a huge inspiration for my new tank which is around 3 weeks old. Now, I'm sure you have much more knowledge in aquariums as me but I did 2 50% water changes for the first 2 weeks and I haven't got a single visible amount of algae. Why didn't you do this? I have MY lights on technically 24/7 with the Finnex 24/7 and don't have a SINGLE algae problem

Hey, My tank has been running for around 3 months (20L with a finnex stingray). Tank has anubias, marsilea and crypts (wendtii, willisii, parva). Just recently started getting brown diatoms and tiny tufts of BBA. The stingray is around 42 par and the glass top cuts it 10-15% to around 36-40. Should I look into decreasing the par further or reducing the photo period for the tank since its lower light demanding plants? I think with black window screen I can get it to 20-24 par if thats enough for the parva.

How'd you get the ember tetras so vivid? Is it the camera or some other trick?

When dealing with algae;do I first adjust the photo-period or the light intensity?

Have a fluval 3.0 on a 55, how long would you run it in a heavily planted tank? It is a new set up, dealing with diatoms at the moment, even the hornwort looks like it's dying

Some rocks (Especially terrestrially found in your backyard) can be the culprit of diatom blooms. Removing the rocks, increasing water flow and using Seachem PhosGuard really help!:)

Great video

Great beard man!

It's almost 4 weeks since I setup my tank and my tank is also in exactly the same state with diatoms. Some monte Carlo is also not growing. How long will it take to balance this out?

Yep. Diatoms are almost unavoidable and I just thinned our My 40b

Week 3 of my dark start tank which has been kept fully covered in black sheets, checked on it today to realise my jet black substrate (flourite black) has turned a lighter brown tone. I'm hoping this goes from once the tank is cycled and a big water change.

I appreciate the algae info. I could use help with a great ick treatment. I see many different videos but I need a quick sure way to resolve my ick problem.

Dealing with diatoms right now in my 5g. Partially due to low flow,(use a sponge filter) but primarily excessive nutrients. Over did the osmacote+ on initial set up by a lot. Like a whole lot!...still learning. Once my nitrate drops either cherry or amano shrimp are going in.

Hey bro. Personally I like the look of diatoms in some tanks. The “problem” is that they always disappear 😂. What’s your opinion on Ceratophyllum demersum? In my opinion the best way to get rid of bba.

Any Mountain Bike trail videos coming Dave?

how long does it typically take for a set up to not have the diatom issue anymore as a new tank?

Hello Dave ! I know this is a silly question but i'm gonna ask it anyway . I checked out planted aquarium fluorescent spectrum charts and found out that those fluorescents emmit light with wavelength below 400 which is considered radiation . Some of those even emmit light with 300 wavelength . Would this harm me or my fishes ? I hope you answer my question . I wish you the best !

Hi how long does this diatoms phase last during cycling ?

Keep sleeves wet, sweet stash man!

I planted some Monte Carlo in a new 20 long just about the same time you started this aquascape. I’ve dosed Flourish twice a week as well as Excel every other day and my Monte Carlo and Pygmy chain sword have done nothing. I have about 3” of eco complete and am running a planted+ 24/7 with 5 hours on max during the day. The 20 long is only 13” high so I thought I would get plenty of light to the substrate. But my carpet plants just seem stunted.

My amazon sword is completely melting into nothing. Will it grow back or should I just throw the whole thing away? How can one tell if it's a "good" melt (i.e. where the plants would grow back) vs a "bad" melt (i.e. where the plants fail to adapt to the water)? Thanks in advance.

So many people keep their lights on too long and over stock. On a Facebook group someone recently asked why they had green water and algae everywhere. When I asked them how long they kept their lights on and what their stocking was they said 14 hours and a betta and a pleco... the tank was 5 gallons.

Nice video! I have a same problem now. In 40L i have co2 injection, twinstar lamp, oase 350 filter with matrix in it and use RO water. Still, i have diatoms in 3-4 week from start. When will they go away?

Nice vid

In my case 10x the dose of liquid co2 makes diatoms disappear in up to 72h.... I only experience diatoms in soil based tanks and never had any in volcanic powder tanks and fertilizer sticks. Actually it seems to be much easier for me to control water not using soil.

Keep up the great work! Just out of curiosity, what are you going to school for?

My diatoms were very easy to remove except for my affzeli ,it's like the leaf is brown except a snail cleaned part of it so it tripped me out that the leaf wasn't brown but I can't rub it off...so weird

Wish I saw this video 6 months ago.. oh well.. thanks for the info dude!! Get video.

Hi Dave, I need advice on helping my frog tanks? I have two African Clawed frogs in separate tanks because I have a froglet and adult frog that have to be separated so right now I have both tanks with Brown Algae or Diatoms in both tanks. I never had this before and I am very confuse about what happen? I been doing weekly water changes, cleaning off the brown algae that is getting worse it keeps reappearing in just a couple of days or so? What am I doing wrong is there a chemical I could use? Thank you, Kim

do any of the bacteria starters like the ADA ones help mature your tank sooner?

Please tell me what type of filter and lilypipe you're using! Looks clean

So does the principles of biological activity within a mature substrate also apply to an HOB? By this I ask if a HOB with the capacity to hold more media and conversely more biological life also help reduce diatoms or do you believe the impact is minimal? I just started testing this theory as my 8 month old 40B is still experiencing minor diatom issues so I changed from a Aquaclear 50 to a Marineland 350 and tripled the sponge capacity and also added Seachem Matrix.

My QT tank seems to have microfauna such as copepods, daphnia, ostracoda and so on. Are these tiny creatures a danger to my Blue Dream shrimp fry that are approximately two days old? Secondly, I don't usually have an issue with algae when suddenly I awoke one morning to see green fuzz over everything in both tanks, and now I'm left puzzled. The hardest part of addressing any algae issue is 'time & patience'. For example, Method One may take approx two weeks to complete, and after the initial treatment, you still may be facing the same problem. It's a matter of trial and error, plus the factor of time & patience tend to make the entire process quite daunting. Nonetheless, we persevere and continue to treat our tanks until the proper balance has been established. The only caveat is the fact that we specialize in nano tanks (currently five gallons and less), and the room for leniency/error is slim to none. I've been contemplating the addition of CO2 to help win the war against the algae, but I'm unaware of anyone using CO2 systems in such small tanks. Is this something that can be applicable to nano tanks? Thanks for all the hard work and inspiration. Keep up the good work my friend.

is your recommended photo period for new planted tanks about 5 hours? If so, how long should I stay at this cycle?

Just use RO water. Ever since I started using it I've never had a problem since. Cheap RO systems on amazon for like 50 bucks.

Do you know if diatomes goes away by it self over time without any manual removal or is manual removal needed + water changes etc? I noticed I had diatomes build up on some of my anubias leafs, but one morning it was all gone, the plant literally looked sparkling new! I only have a nerite snail in that tank and I find it kinda hard to believe that he alone cleaned it all off in just 1 night but maybe? What do u think?

I am new on the hobby My carpet plants started dieing surprisingly after the appearance of brown algae in my 2 months aquarium, please help to keep my last carpet plants growing.

what type of output glass thing you have there is called?

Interesting so are all of these things just latent in our tanks/water

I’m suffering with green water! Is that something as a new tank I should expect?

I’m dealing with diatoms too. It’s so annoying and it’s the first thing people point out. It literally grows back within 2 days of removing it. I bought 4 Amano shrimp hoping they help out. How long does it usually take for it to go away?

May i know how to let my plant making bubble?

Have you ever found diatoms to indirectly kill a plant? As in diatoms covering leaves enough for the plant to not function properly?

I'm getting this 4 months after setting up my aquarium.

What if my tank is cycled and has been running for about 2 months?

Hi mate how do I get it off Monte Carlo ?

Do u have a mountain biking channel

Took about 100 Blyxa our easy

I've been battling diatoms for months and they keep coming back. Aesthetically I have no problem with diatoms. The problem is diatoms cover the leaves of the plants and they suffocate them slowly killing the plants. Removing diatoms that cover the leaves is so frustrating.

Better this than string algae

my otos feasted on diatoms!

otocinclus fish are the best to remove👍🏻

Faz algum vídeo traduzido em português para gente

Im going through this right now.. ugh.. I hate it. I just want a pretty looking tank :(

Precisely! Diatoms are just normal for non-established tanks. Had them in every single newly set-up tank :) Then they just go away on their own. No action needed. Of course you can scrub them during water change.

Make a mtb vid!!!!!!!!

Why did you just delete all the videos

'Silly-ates' are silly.

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