HOW TO BALANCE YOUR TANK 🌱💧| DAILY TRIM 30

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7 жыл бұрын

Today we cover the three main reasons that you may be experiencing algae in your tank, and how you can fix it it! If these tips don't help, let me know down below and I will try and help out!
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Пікірлер: 59

@CreativePetKeeping 7 жыл бұрын

I needed this info.. I have been fighting an algae war in one of my tanks. For some reason..its just that one.. all the others have no issues.

@kunal8910 5 жыл бұрын

overfeeding was the problem for me thanks a lot. over 3 months i was suffering from brown algae and was not able to figure out. thumbs up :)

@locochavez95 7 жыл бұрын

Love when you film in the tank! More people need to do this, could watch plants and fish for hours like this

@josemontalvo4532 5 жыл бұрын

This is why I subscribed and put notifications on, because you give great advice. Thank you for sharing! Enjoyed watching!

@aseriouslollygagger5734 5 жыл бұрын

Great advice, for sure. I'm bad about having the lights on too many hours a day, and I really like feeding my fish, so algae was getting serious. It was the nasty brown kind, coating my Anubias leaves and choking out it's competition. I cleaned the glass, wiped down the leaves, turned up the filtration, cut out the lights a few hours a day, and rooted some pothos vines to pull out excess nutrients. It worked. It is funny how little things make such a big difference.

@alilatheif2518 4 жыл бұрын

Great video👍🏼 . I had algae issues , when I reduce fertilizer and light it got under control.

@dbachelorsplantedaquarium4711 7 жыл бұрын

Great info!

@italiansunrunner 5 жыл бұрын

Love those underwater clips

@russiandog2759 7 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@TheNekosora4 5 жыл бұрын

Really help, thank you

@murkywaters6294 5 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks! Don’t forget sunlight too. One of my tanks gets sun on one side. Lights are on timers. Green hair algae is only where sun hits tank. It’s not terrible though so I leave it mostly. The sun helps the plants on that side actually too

@Mikinct 6 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you, what do you do in case of green water? Not just algae on the plants are in the aquarium Etc

@pocobull 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this :)

@d.p.kfishaquariums8825 7 жыл бұрын

awesome info thank u for sharing it really helps alot

@Lyxuria 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ^^

@caroleblair1438 5 жыл бұрын

Good info

@patrickang84 7 жыл бұрын

nice intro! Will you be streaming tmr?

@martinwelters370 6 жыл бұрын

Too much PAR is a big issue as well .... good information overall

@Zingo89 7 жыл бұрын

nice vid, great tips but I think u forgot to mention water flow? I'v noticed in my tanks that the water flow can play a big part with algae

@2RILLz 5 жыл бұрын

can you please elaborate? more water flow = less algae?

@joulesabagel9417 4 жыл бұрын

@@2RILLz lack of adequate waterflow can cause dead-spots where a lack of circulation can increase pockets of anaerobic bacteria and other contaminants to multiply algae is also very adept at multiplying in stagnant water. The Red Tide in Florida was attributed to a marine type of red algae that was dominant because it had high heat and high carbon dioxide it killed fish and was poisonous to human skin causing an inflammatory response.

@sonofaquack6987 3 жыл бұрын

@@joulesabagel9417 wow, thats really weird. In front of my HOB output the staghorn algae really just killed al the plants near there, but tat the back end theres barely any, and it looks like the flows not so great over there

@mikefisher4834 4 жыл бұрын

My standard 20 gallon tank has been set up for four years The only algae I have in my tank is spot algae and it’s only on my big rocks Grown over it too where it looks like grass I have 100s of trumpet snails and I had a huge colony of Ramshorn snails but all of them died off except for one and I also have one Amano shrimp 💯🐠🌱🐌 🌱🦐🌱💙🔥

@andylees136 7 жыл бұрын

I'm battling green hair algae at min. fluval spec 5 gal, I'm using 2 of the standard light units on it for 6.5 hrs a day,excel daily and dosing dry ferts to the ei method. not getting the growth I thought I'd have especially on the ludwigia etc. well stocked with crypt,java fern,s repens,dwarf sag,anubias, sword. 3 endler Guppies. any ideas? thx in advance

@wtfn.z2441 7 жыл бұрын

any ideas on brow/red algae ....

@darksbacon5856 6 жыл бұрын

What would be the best bright LED light for a 22 inch deep tank

@alexzhang3761 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, this is really late (over a year) but I have some brown slime algae on my gravel and some of my dwarf sag. Is there an email I can reach you at because the comments section is always inconvenient. Thanks and great video!

@2RILLz 5 жыл бұрын

you made a mesh shelving system in your tank??? WOW haha

@TheCritterlover212 6 жыл бұрын

hi. I have lots of plants in my tank, and recently I've seen almost a white hair like algae on my plants and wood. Tank is not stocked yet because I just finished cycling. Do you think I do too much light? I do 6-7 hours of light a day.

@dennisbinkhorst2039 6 жыл бұрын

Is that 'white' topped plant Ludwigia Verticilata sp. Cuba? It is not looking too good.

@rijudey8085 7 жыл бұрын

Will plants do well if lights are on for 5 hours a day in a tank without co2 and having moderate light

@aquatictanksbymj9632 7 жыл бұрын

In your opinion does splitting up the time help like 4 hours in the morning and four hours at night

@peterg.7041 7 жыл бұрын

👍

@smf00027 4 жыл бұрын

Is the same solution for brown algae? Thanks

@barbaradejong9217 7 жыл бұрын

I love your videos and have learned from them. Where did you get those plant shelves?

@barbaradejong9217 7 жыл бұрын

This is too funny (and a bit silly), I ordered a bunch from your website a few days ago but didn't pay attention to the name. I was hoping you would have some corner ones. :)

@PaulC.494 4 жыл бұрын

My water wisteria is shrinking and some algae is growing on it especially close to the light, also have some salt added, do I need to dial back the salt before trying to balance the tank ?

@FemaleSniper86 5 жыл бұрын

I am battling Green water… Had it Before, cut back on feeding and it Went away. A month later it is back again, and I Think it had to do with dying plant material getting stuck in the corners, so am trying to get better flow in the water so it gets pushed up into the filter more, and also am doing Daily maintenance until it looks less green. As long as my fish looks healthy I will keep doing this and hope for the best. Is this what you'd recommend I do? Or anyone got another suggestion for me? Test results are all coming back good within a good parameter, but I do have nitrates in the tap water so its a constant battle with that lol

@rifraf6135 4 жыл бұрын

Are diatoms a sign of an unbalanced tank? Will they compete with plants? I have quit a bit of brown algae-- getting my first plants soon. Tank has been up for a couple months. Will the plants struggle because of the diatoms? Thanks.

@charlessloop1552 3 жыл бұрын

I have green hair now but it’s my fault I forgot my co2 running for 3 days straight when I realized it I turned it off and haven’t turn it back on since it’s been about 2 weeks and it’s balancing out

@varanidguy 5 жыл бұрын

One thing I have found is that anubias really doesn't like direct light. Talking to a few people, the only time they say they've never had algae issues with anubias in direct light, even high light, is in shrimp tanks, because they're constantly cleaning every surface. I've also almost given up on my ludwigia repens. I'm growing alternanthera reineckii mini and scarlet temple, but the ludwigia's lower leaves always look gross and eventually fall off for me. Even my staurogyne porto velho is creeping only after two weeks after planting, but this damned ludwigia! I'm starting to wonder if I just got some bad plants from the fleabay seller :(

@chasebrumfiel1042 4 жыл бұрын

I saw a white plant at exactly 4:02 in the bottom left side of the screen. What is it???

@abrahamgavarrete2367 6 жыл бұрын

Hey h20 what do you think is the best plants for a red eared slider 10g tank he's a baby please reply thanks

@abrahamgavarrete2367 6 жыл бұрын

H2O Plants thanks bro

@NatureStudio25 4 жыл бұрын

What happens if i dont have co2

@Tjup 3 жыл бұрын

i got em all, plats wont grow even i have fertelizer and Co2

@stateniland 5 жыл бұрын

what plant or plants can I throw in without using CO2 and other nutrients? 75g Fresh

@stateniland 5 жыл бұрын

@@h2oplants630 OK TY . Joe

@mickD87 7 жыл бұрын

Feel free to ignore this is don't want to impose I know your busy but I wanted to pick your brain. I have had some success farming some aquarium plant's and i wanted to know how to (you specifically) make money selling plants. I.E. how do you handle shipping overhead. Etc.