Going to strip it!

by **Nataliey** on Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:52 am

Iv decided the 21 litre hexagon tank is going to be stripped today! Im fed up of the brown spotty algae on the side of the tank that grows back like wild fire!

Washing with milton baby bleach hopefully that'll shift it forever!! (well maybe not forever,lol!) but longer than a day!

Bought some blue gravel to go in there on top of the light blue & clear pebbles...new start Very Happy

Photos later when its done.

by **Irish_Lass** on Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:36 pm

I'll be interested to hear if the Milton works or not!

by **Nataliey** on Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:46 pm

Irish_Lass wrote:I'll be interested to hear if the Milton works or not!

I used the milton to clean the 100 litre tank and as yet there are no signs of the horrid algae slime stuff and its been 3 weeks that its been up and running...does it work long term...who knows i suppose time will tell! Shocked

by **liz2** on Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:37 pm

one of my little tanks has that horrid black hairy algae! another has tiny baby snails, I put some lettuce in and got most of them out, but I noticed a few more today. I wish I had a puffer fish!

by **Nataliey** on Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:16 pm

oooo...algae and those little snails drive me bonkers...the lettuce thing is a great idea i never thought it wouldve worked. Next time i get them il have to try, lol! (hopefully i wont though)

by **Nataliey** on Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:53 pm

Pictures as promised, a little plain at the moment but when my live plants arrive tomorrow it'll look better:
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Took a photo of Haku's tank that i also cleaned today:
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by **2tall** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:14 am

Nice looking tank! Did you make your own cave? How old is Haku? He's a beaut!

by **Nataliey** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:53 am

F.Banks wrote:Nice looking tank! Did you make your own cave? How old is Haku? He's a beaut!

Thanks its still a bit plain though, i also hate that it's a hexagon shape!!

No didnt make the cave myself bought it from MH aquatics, dont think iv got the time tbh.

Haku is now 8 months old, dont plan to breed him though he's just my special boy!

by **jessie1602** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:51 am

The tanks are looking nice Natalie! Once you get some live plants in the hex it'll look good. And when you get a fish in there, it'll look even better! ;-) Those coconut caves are so adorable, I cna just imagine the bettas resting in their like little castaways!

by **2tall** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:59 pm

Yeah, I do like like the caves over pots. At least for my c/t Sterling. I can pick one up at the lfs for the same price as a whole coconut. More privacy if they
desire it.

by **silverrabbit** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:18 pm

Haku looks great, his tail is filling out really nicely! (I have his brother Wink

)

I hate the algae you mentioned! Algae is such a pain. Onething I don't understand is how everyone seems to get snail problems, yet I'm desperate for snails for my puffers and I never get snails in my tanks

by **Nataliey** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:02 pm

His tails looking good now and he's a lot bigger from when i first got him...i realised that today when the tiny 4 month old CT arrived this afternoon!

Since i cleaned the tank after my first betta died iv never had snails since thankfully **touch wood** just this awful algae!

by **Irish_Lass** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:13 pm

Nataliey I hear you on the whole "I hate hex tanks" thing. My 9g tank is a hexand I hate it. Give me the old rectangle any day.

by **Nataliey** on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:24 pm

Irish_Lass wrote:Nataliey I hear you on the whole "I hate hex tanks" thing. My 9g tank is a hexand I hate it. Give me the old rectangle any day.

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