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I want to upgrate this post. These are photos of my shrimps now. Blue bolt tank. I am getting some dark Bb. I AM happy. Panda tank . Red tank Kk and blue panda tank Enjoy them Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk

Hello folks, I have a tank that has been cycled and has shrimp (Taiwan bee) for about 3 weeks now. Since adding the shrimp, I haven't dosed any fertilizers, so nitrates are zero. Water parameters are: GH 5 KH 0 TDS 110 pH 6.0 Plants are: A little moss, S repens, monte carlo, DHG, and Ludwigia [something] The tank has been slowly growing hair algae that is getting on the walls (in regions of high flow) and plants. The s. repens has a short fuzz algae on the leaves that darkens its color. It has mostly stopped growing - not sure if due to lack of nutrients or leaves being blocked by algae? The Monte Carlo has also stopped growing and is mostly covered with the algae. It seems hard to remove this algae without pulling out the plants. What is a good way to reduce the algae while still being safe for the shrimp? a) the lights are already "dim" but I can either turn them down by even more, or shorten the photoperiod even more (8 hrs now). I prefer not to completely black out the tank, since I still want to see the shrimp b) H2O2 dose of 1ml per gallon should be safe for shrimp? c) add some fertilizers to help the plants grow? d) add some fast-growing floating plants, which I can take out later? I don't want to add any other animals to the tank right now.

I had the same when I re-setup my taiwan bee tank. I didn't do anything and it has now vanished completely on its own so I assume it was part of the cycle/settling of the new tank setup! I don't use fertilizers but wouldn't that actually make things worse maybe? I would just wait it out a bit longer as it sounds the same as happened with mine! If it has stopped growing that would also be a good sign that maybe it will start to reduce? I can't see anything that is different to my setup, my light is strong and probably on 10-12 hours a day. Messing with things may cause other problems???? I considered getting a few Amano shrimps but it cleared up before I got round to buying them? Simon