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emily
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I'm having a slight problem at the moment with algae. I have a fair bit of vallis in my tanks and there is a lot of algae growing in long thin strands on each strand of the vallis (if that makes sense). It looks like green hair (ranging from 5cm to 20cm) growing of my plant. Its only attached to vallis, non of my other plants. I was wondering if i can use some sort of algae killer to stop this stuff, it looks ugly and im not sure if its killing my plants. I have tried to wash the stuff off, but you have to pull the alage off and its just growing back anyway. I have a proper plant light for my plant (which all seem to be doing well and multiplying) and i also use a fertiliser once every 2 weeks (one of the liquid ones). So i was wondering if there was any product out there that is safe for axies and wont kill my plants at the same time as it kills the algae.
I have another question about plants. I have sand as substrate and when i do water changes i run a fork through the sand to mix it around and stir up any dead spots. I have noticed that the sand under the plants is a grey/blue colour. I usually just mixed it in with all the rest of the sand. What i'm wondering is it ok if i move my plants around to get the dead spots of the sand under them or is this doing more harm than good, is this making my plants not grow as well as they could be. I moved my banana lillies for the first time since i have put them in and they all had large roots that extended throughout the sand, now that i have moved them the roots are in the places i have put them, is that not good for them? should i just leave the dead spots and only say once a month go through the sand?
Sorry this was a long post
Thanks
Emily
I have another question about plants. I have sand as substrate and when i do water changes i run a fork through the sand to mix it around and stir up any dead spots. I have noticed that the sand under the plants is a grey/blue colour. I usually just mixed it in with all the rest of the sand. What i'm wondering is it ok if i move my plants around to get the dead spots of the sand under them or is this doing more harm than good, is this making my plants not grow as well as they could be. I moved my banana lillies for the first time since i have put them in and they all had large roots that extended throughout the sand, now that i have moved them the roots are in the places i have put them, is that not good for them? should i just leave the dead spots and only say once a month go through the sand?
Sorry this was a long post
Thanks
Emily