Add a few 100 cherry shrimp. There’s enough space to hide and breed at a good pace without being picked off. They will eradicate your hair algae in no time.
Absolutely the plants are being out competed by the alge because the nutrients are in the water column not in the substrate so the alge is absorbing the nutrients before the plants I would also get rid of the piranha and put the Altums in there and ottos and ammanos for the alge
@@danielletracyann yeah me too but just move them to another tank the aquarium stunning but the system would be better suited to the Altums and a good squad of alge eaters , in my humble fish geek opinion
Im sure we all seen it coming shorty after the start of it. Looks fine to me.. all he has to do is continue what he has done with it for the last yr or two...so yes..he is priming us with an excuse.
Dude you can simply dust the surface of the dwarf sag with aqua soil prior to water changes. It will look fubar at first. The plants will grow up thru it. I ran a similar set up for 7 years with out having to swap the soil or use 10000 root tabs.
Guys he knows about root tabs. He is simply priming you guys for a total wipe of this tank. His entire channel is built upon building tanks. Adding fish most channels don't. And then destroy the tank and starting over. We have entered the wiping the tank clean and starting over again phase.
Those aquasoils can last a long time if you care for them properly. They actually are capable of asborbing and storing nutrients that are bioavailable to the plants. If you strategically place root tabs throughout the soil, that could "recharge" it and extend the life of the soil. As long as it's not broken down into mud, you're good.
Yeah that's a nutrient issue, the Co2 and high light triggered the plants to grow fast but without having all the necessary nutrients for healthy growth which lead to structure issues, sickly plants and algae takeover. Liquid ferts will be better though since his moss won't benefit from root tabs.
6 hours of light should work or less intens lighting, the 700 gallon is the best tank you have, riding it out is a good thing, plants are quite resilient if you give them the chance to adapt if its compatible with piranha, get bunch of siamese algae eaters, they grow to a nice size too and clean the tank very well in my experience
Low light sort of thing is a great idea for the piranha tank. Large driftwood where they can lurk. They are so naturally shimmery; I think it will show better with lower light.
can you see down behind the tree stumps? maybe one of them was killed and stuck back there causing the excess nutrients.. i still say its not worth anything drastic yet. Surface plants with roots too? Water lilly, monstera, pothos like lots maybe?
In the wild, I notice that algae are crippled in cool weather (after heavy rain and hail for example). So I tried it at home. I lowered the temp and it works for me. Do what nature does. Cool your water from time to time. Keep everything else the same. Can't hurt.
Pull out some of the plants, give the others around them space to grow again, I doubt it’s the soil nutrients, but if that’s what u think then by giving them room and adding some plant feets to the water should be enough, or poke some root tabs into the old soil… show us how to save a dying aquarium, do ur best 👊🍻😊
Section off the 16ft tank, put the piranha in it, and do what you need to do to the piranha tank. When you're done, move em back in. It's the biggest and safest tank I can think of, that they wouldn't be crammed.
Thought you said they would be a fixture. Sad to see them go. The whole combination is quite stunning and unique whether to be improved upon or not it is quite something
Your light levels appear to pretty good, dwarf sag gets taller in higher lighting conditions and stays short when there is a lack of lighting. It is the opposite of most plants reaction to lighting intensity. I would start with your lighting/photo period and you can salvage the soil by supplementing with root tabs. I would suggest something proven and does not require having to make sure there is no trapped air that you find in gel cap derived root tabs, get something like Seachem's where the nutrients themselves are pressed to make the tabs so getting them in place will be a lot easier for you and less struggle because of the size of the tank.
Lighting, root tabs, etc is the way to go to start. If it comes to rescaping the aquarium, my suggestion would be plants on driftwood and rocks. Slower growth. Bottom line is, you've seem this before, as stated. Do what needs to be done. 👍
Did the algae start after the sag was removed from the back corner? could have introduced nutrients into the water column upon removal. Or possibly an influx of nutrients from feeding heavier than normal before leaving for trips?
Id suggest to put some Garras in the 20ft. They are amazing algae eaters and are very active. I also suggest u put barbs in that tank instead of tetras. Roseline, mascara, tinfoil, rosy barb, odessa, black ruby, melon, etc. all of these grow big enough to not get eaten at all, are very active and won't harm other fish
You don't need to do any the crypt and sag normal melting when the KH raise above the GH and that will cause a fluctuations in the PH and that's caused by the lack of water changes just try to be consistent with water changes and everything will be alright I did have a same problem and my tank is similar to your tank regarding the plant ( I do have vilasneria in the back ground ) and it's been running for the 4th year and still no problem the plant just grew after its melt and it come back better than before
Maybe have T hold a polycarbonate sheet down in the tank to wall off a section to work in to keep them from biting you. Weigh down an end of the sheet to help it from floating. Silicone some flat rocks to the bottom. That should do the trick. Work the area worry free
It would be cool if you had a way to have cherry shrimp in the pirana tank. They would help with the algea and is to small for the piranas wanting to go after them.
I had a hair algae problem on my 150 gallon angel fish tank. Nothing I tried helped. Then I decided to try liquid co2 and it all went away. Haven’t had it come back. If you can get it, I would try that!
You could thin out the plants in the soil giving the remainders more room to grow and try fertilizer tabs. And when I say thin out I mean 30-50% of the plants, don't be shy with it.
One way to reach in and siphon the algae is to tape a hose to a long stick, then stand over it and reach in with the stick. If they bite the stick, oh well.
hey Joey, i don't know if this would be a permanent solution but adding root tablets spaced over a couple of inches will prolong the life of that tank for atleast 1-1.5 years.
Considering their size will the piranhas be no longer interested in cherry shrimp? And how about adding red hot chili rasboras if you could fix the problem?
I would halve the dwarve sedge and add a tremendous amount of root tabs all over, ofcourse after feeding and using a pair off long tongs. Good luck with this one, we all have this happened.
I think I know what you're working on. That's big. You hinted at it a couple years ago at the end of a video. Maybe building another building in the backyard
No need to do all that work. Pee, poo from fish and food are providing the nutrients the plants need. Soil is just a “carrier” for nutrients. If you are concerned with low nutrients in soil, which can happen, you can add fertilizer in capsules. Buy empty capsules, fill them with Osmocote,the one with macro and micro nutrients, and bury them in the soil 2” deep or so. Make a grid, one capsule every 18-24” or so. Test first in a corner. Good luck.
Wait, you weren't using ferts? Using Co2, high light but no macro and micro nutrients is like telling the plants to grow as fast as they can but without supplying all the necessary compounds which will lead to growth and structure issues as you are seeing, your plants are petty much sickly hence the algae takeover.
