We have a large aquarium which has been in existence for almost 20 years.
It is in direct sunlight for part of the day and the hair algae is out of control.
We have a massive amount of plecos (they breed continually) but they do not even try and eat the hair algae (even in it's beginning stages).
We have plastic plants because we have "jumbo" the biggest pleco you ever did met. He uproots every single plant we put in.
Next weekend I am taking it upon myself to re-vamp our aquarium. I plan on having a slightly raised area with real plants in a corner (which might allow the smaller fish somewhere to play away from jumbo.
I would also like to put in some other real plants - which ones are a) hardy, b) deep rooted and c) need no additional care?
I ask about no aditional care as the tank produces vast amounts of rubbish and is attempted to be cleaned regularly, but a decent job is simply not possible with the amount of damn plecos!
help me eradicate the algae and make the tank fish friendly (and pretty) without upsetting jumbo too much.
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Two big problems: Hair Algae and huuuuge pleco
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crispface · 20/11/2010 19:55
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