christinecrites
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I bought this 3 Gallon Marineland tank complete with internal filter. I swapped the filter set up out for a bigger sponge, fluval biomedia and tucked in filter floss between the other filter media and the pump. I added a heater that I have to monitor because it’s preset. I unplug it if the water gets to 78F to try to keep it 74-75.
The tank was not intended to house my Betta until I realized he needed to go some where when I finally took the plunge and rescaled his tank(Project II). His tank is a 1.5weeks into its new cycle and I am using Seachem stability, excel, flourish advance and prime(in my water changes) to hopefully speed things up so he can move back in.
My 3Gallon tank is about 6weeks old now. I still to 50 percent. I noticed some green dust like algae on the hardscape and glass. It all looks to have started in one corner. I tested the water for ammonia and I believe it’s ok (approx 0.3).
I did a 60 percent water change tonight, cleaned the glass and rocks. The wood has a little which I tried my best to write off. I pulled out the pump and cleaned it, washed the biomedia in the water I removed and then the sponge. Replaced the filter floss and syphoned as much as I could out of the back compartment.
You don’t really see the algae in any pics, but I was wondering if there is anything else I should be doing??? I run an air stone intermittently every morning for a few hours too as it was recommended to me in another pose because I was getting biofilm on the surface or my water.
The tank was not intended to house my Betta until I realized he needed to go some where when I finally took the plunge and rescaled his tank(Project II). His tank is a 1.5weeks into its new cycle and I am using Seachem stability, excel, flourish advance and prime(in my water changes) to hopefully speed things up so he can move back in.
My 3Gallon tank is about 6weeks old now. I still to 50 percent. I noticed some green dust like algae on the hardscape and glass. It all looks to have started in one corner. I tested the water for ammonia and I believe it’s ok (approx 0.3).
I did a 60 percent water change tonight, cleaned the glass and rocks. The wood has a little which I tried my best to write off. I pulled out the pump and cleaned it, washed the biomedia in the water I removed and then the sponge. Replaced the filter floss and syphoned as much as I could out of the back compartment.
You don’t really see the algae in any pics, but I was wondering if there is anything else I should be doing??? I run an air stone intermittently every morning for a few hours too as it was recommended to me in another pose because I was getting biofilm on the surface or my water.