I am Muhammad from Iraq. Thank you very much for the valuable information you provide in the field of fish farming. You are the source that benefited from it.
Right now im filtering my 30L Tank with 600L/Hours. I thought it might be overkill in terms of waterflow, but its not even noticeable... I followed your Guidelines in terms of filtration and i came to the conclusion: Just get the biggest badass filter you can get. Its 100%!!!! worth it!!!
Nice video. Just FYI, the pictures at 6:27 and 19:03 are cladophora. The picture at 19:49 is not. Also, nuisance cladophora is not the same kind as the moss ball cladophora. Cladophora is one of the few algaes that cannot travel through air spores. It will only enter your tank on shoddy live plants, which is where the moss ball myth comes from. I've beaten it before and here's some tips: It thrives in a high tech tanks unfortunately, because it has a plant-like structure that is much more similar to a moss than an algae. This prevents it from being eaten by algae eaters or outcompeted by plants for nutrients. The way i got rid of it was by reducing lighting massively for many months, and spot dosing liquid carbon heavily. A black out will not work, as it can survive for a while in the dark, it must be outcompeted for light by other plants. Once you've got it, you will never be rid of it fully, but you can manage it, so don't freak out.
I'm so pleased that you confirmed my thoughts on marimo moss balls. I had one for around 3 years in my tank, then it began to fall apart. I had no idea how dangerous this was, and I just put the smaller pieces around the tank. After a month or so I started to see tiny green tuffs appearing in the tank on plants and wood, but at this point I didn't connect it to the moss ball. In time I ended up with algae covering most of the bogwood and when trying to remove it, I thought how much like a moss ball it was. That's when I realised what had happened. The moss ball is long gone but the algae has remained ever since and it's the only thing in my non co2 tank that pearls :(
The greatest gift to the fish fam and UA-cam Community ever.....Green Aqua!!! Whatever you are doing with in your aquarium, listen to the soothing words of Balazs!! Aquascaping definitely does not have to be stressful... Never fear Green Aqua is here!! Absolutely one of the best tutorial channels there is!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video!! Thank you very much for explaining to us all the types of algae and the specific causes for why we may be experiencing algae outbreaks! Water changes are definitely the key plus... just clean your tank 😂💚 I don't have any fancy aquascapes..YET... but the ones I have are thriving because of what I've learned on this channel!! The only thing I'm not doing is CO2 at this moment! But with what I've learned with you guys I'm ready to give it a try! No nonsense tips and education that will help you create beautiful planted aquariums!! I also appreciated everyone sending in the pictures of their algae... It really helps me identify and be able to take care of any problems that may arise!! Miss Universe algae 😂😂😂 I love the punk snail 🐌😂🤘 Congratulations Theo what a beautiful algaescape😂😂 The algea"bra"😂 and the algae-free tank main points!! I'm going to go take care and take care 😂😂 The ending😂😂 that was freaking hilarious... You look just like Sharon Stone 😂😂😂💚 I hope you guys have a very blessed day because you bless mine every time I watch one of your videos!! Thank you for sharing!!🙏💚🌿🐟🌿✌️
@@ultimatesurvivalguid Ottos dont do much, mine are lazy and their behavior is relative but on the other hand my Siamese Algae Eaters are always active chewing everything
"No algae was harmed in the making of this motion picture." In other words Balazs didn't ate any algae this time ;) Thanks for next great material and take care ;)
I used to have a tank that had plastic plants and lots of algae, but until I started watching you on this channel, you have inspired me to build a beautiful high tech planted tank which is what I now have. Thank you.
Hi guys, very funny but also very informative video this week, lots of top tips on combatting one of the most annoying aspects of the hobby. Excellent, thank you and stay safe all.
Well watching the videos about algea made me buy co2 and external filter.. read betwen the lines - balance is everything in aquascape world . Thank you for being here and educate us.
Thank you to everyone bringing these videos. The knowledge is top notch, the production level is superb, and the humility and inspiration is more than we deserve ❤
RO/DI filter is probably the best investment for this hobby. I personally don't add anything to my water before adding it to the tank(to each their own, only sharing my experience). I dose the tank, not the water. A good RO/DI filter should get 0ppm 7.0pH water from almost any clear tap water source. When I lived in San Diego, CA, my RO/DI filter brought 350ppm 7.8pH tap water down to 0-1ppm 7.0pH. For top-offs, I add pure 0ppm water as nutrients don't evaporate. I learned this over 10 years of growing plants hydroponically as well as 15 years of keeping freshwater and reef aquariums. One can always add nutrients but one can't take them out unless one does a 100% water change or uses lots of activated carbon(more money, no thanks). If one wants to remove algae for good, remove its food source from the water column and it will die off really fast. This video was really cool, I like to keep saltwater algae. My favorite tanks of mine to look at are my saltwater refugiums which house lots of different saltwater algae as well as a multitude of micro-organisms.
Have been fighting an algea attack for the past months...even with co2 it kept getting worse. What I found to be the problem was too much water disturbance from my filter letting all the co2 out, placing my co2 device on the other side of the tank also helped. This worked for me, probably not for all of you.
this whole time I was mistaken cyanobacteria for bga... I would have never known otherwise... im now on day 3 of antibiotics and already see improvements... thank you Green Aqua
7:16 I agree with all these points except for filtration. I don't think filtration prevents algea except maybe for tanks with overpopulation and not enough plants. Plants already take up ammonium. Actually they prefer ammonium to nitrates. They consume ammonium first.
Btw the story you told at beginning was very sad, this hobby needs patience. They miss out long term relaxation and benefit over something that can be easily avoided
The worst is - you got all too fast. In many hobbies usually it is you who set a difficulty level. You never learn driving with Ferrary or McLaren, right? With an aquarium you just get all at once.. Full speed from the day1. Take and enjoy.. You just think - 1. Ok, will feed the fishes and enjoy the view.. 2. Ok. Clean and water change once a week. 3. plants dont grow - fertilisers? 4. Light. 5. plants just dissolve and dont grow - another light which is stronger 6. too much light, algae and no bubbles - CO2. 7. overdosing CO2 - all snails are dead (surprisingly no ammonia peak detected). 8. water tests 9. fertilisers (another)+tests to keep all as it should 10. sudden GDA. 11.12.13.... It all in less than a year! The worst, as for me, is - you dont see the direct impact of changes you just did. "after some change wait couple of weeks". Terrible speed! And all of it - without your direct wish. You actually just wanted nice relaxing view of planted aquarium and to feed fishes :) Having GDA and waiting for 3 weeks (as one of solutions) I did not see appearance of other algae which should be treated now.. nice :( I also now close to give up..
Totally agree with everything said! One point that I didn't see mentioned which was the indirect cause for me: overfeeding. It's so easy to overfeed, and with good bottom cleaners(corys, shrimps, snails, etc) a lot of time it is not as visible as you'd think, but it does seep into the substrate... and the released amonia/nitrites cause the algae...
Just at the moment my BBA bloom went down and has been replaced by a Green hair algae outbreak. Thank you for your great tutorials guys! (N.B: BBA firefighter testimonial: I first removed all the plants and hardscape and let them spend some weeks in a daily double dose Seachem Excel, and think that helped a bit. But I clearly I think one of the most efficient thing I did was to use ferts daily instead of weekly, by following Green Aqua's masterclass + EI guidelines. This with moving CO2 from 15ppm (Tropica recommendations) to 30ppm clearly made the trick)
Hello BALAZS ... There is so much to look at, so much knowledge to acquire, my mind is thirsty for what you provide in a philanthropic way !!! Thank you ... If I had the possibility to work for you, I would do it for free just for the knowledge!
The worst of the lot is definitely BBA. So tough to remove, becoming impossible when it grows in surfaces that you can't readily scrape them off, e.g. suction cups for equipment, on the outlets of external filter return. BBA even grows on moss. When there isn't much, the 7 methods here can keep it at bay, but once there's a bunch of it, I think it's time to give up that tank.
Good day hungarian brothers! thanks to your channel im about to settle 480l aquarium after 10 years of break from aquaristics, you've bring it to another level. Greeting from Poland
OMG .. DON´T GO WITH FLOW ........................ :D We love to go see your store, but we got a 14 hour drive to get to you :) So for now we'll have to see it all here Thank you so much for all the laughs we get when seeing you all here Love from Denmark
@@GreenAquaShop :) I want to bet that these are all the naughty words you know in Danish :) My fiance and I are just waiting for the corona to be over, so we can start the car and drive down to visit you, could be part of our honeymoon journey to go and see you all :)
I love you, I love your videos, and I really love your excellent tutorials.❤ They helped me so often, and ofcourse they will help me as a aquaman!😉 Thank you.plz continue🙏🌹
i start this hobby in desember 2019 my friend asked me about it ( apparently most of my friend think i knows everything ). then i read and watch video about this hobby and start this hobby. then my other friend want to start this hobby too. and so, there are 7 of us that start this hobby. but now, its only me that staying with aquascaping 😂 one of the reason that make me still in love with this hobby is this channel. P.s : for tommy, your iwagumi is inspire me
OMG, EPIC video finale!!!!! Best video closing ever, congrats to Balazs and all the team, it is ALWAYS a pleasure watching your videos!!!! Hope one day I can go and visit your beatiful gallery. Best regards all the way from Mexico!!!
seeing these algae monsters made me felt so much butter about the "unfortunate" state of my tank (and then i fixed it). more "Miss Algae Universe" !!! it's educational to see what can happen when tanks go bad.
Thank you Balazs. I will have to watch this carefully. My new 110 gallon tank came and it has a big sump filter that I'm still trying to figure out. But I will have co2 and the Fluval 3.0 LED and I will scape it heavily and with rocks and wood. It will have proper substrate and liquid fertilizer and tabs. I kept fish in the sixties and they had nothing like today. If I get tired of it, I'll find a big family and give it to them. Keep up the good work.
I have a 37l with only neocaridinas and snails. A small filter,heater chihiros light. Fertilizing once a week, changing water twice a month but no co2. Had algae at the begining but now nothing. Plants are growing well not as much as if i have co2 i think but it works
Excellent video guys, you are a beacon of hope in the world of aquascaping. As a side note: agal spores are made of sporenine, which renders them virtually indestructible, even using powerful solvents that may be the cause of their usual comeback
At first I thought you are going to talk about a new LG oled tv review LOL :D just because I had been watching tv review videos in the past few weeks. BTW thanks for the video it was great and very useful. :)
Just getting in to Aquatic panted tanks. It is very fun. I love my big yellow snail. It eats so much algae. I have little tanks. 1.5 gallon planted with shrimp and snails. 5 gallon with plants and snails only. Your videos are great. Got bright lights and my plants are starting to grow. I am sort of a freak. I put in time everyday on my tanks.
I just started watching green aqua videos yesterday and im completely addicted! 😍 ive already learned so much about alot of problems i have been having with my very first aquascape. Thanks so much green aqua! Absolutely love what you are doing!
Excellent video. Everytime I see Balazs talking about algae free tanks and temperature, I suffer. I live in a Brazilian city that is horribly hot. My tank is always around 29° even in some rainy days, no heater of course, and air conditioning really becomes something super expensive to pay every month (also, chillers cost way to high for me). I'm planning to have a new planted tank this year but I think I'll always have some kind of algae in the tank even though I have everything else a planted tank needs. Oh boy...
Yeah, that is a problem. Did you try fans on top of the tank? Evaporation will decrease the temperature by 1-3 degrees Celsius. Not much, but it's relatively inexpensive.
Hi Balazs, very funny , but very informative video on one of the biggest put offs ( is that even a word ) of the hobby. So many great tips and tricks . Many thanks as always for sharing ,
i would appreciated this video were avaiable september 2019 when i started and i had my first algae troubles, fortunatly thank god i slip with professional aquascapers of my country and they helped me... but im sure that newbies will appreciate it. Gratz for a nice teaching video guys
7:07 I do 6 of the 7 steps learned on this channel. 1. I have the Oase Biomaster 600 thermo with biological filtermedia. I removed all sponges except for the bottom tray. 2. I do not inject Co2, but i chose stricktly plants than can tolerate lower Co2 levels. 3. I bought LED light dedicated to plant growth by a Dutch brand. 4. I have soft water straight from the tap, thats pure luck though. 23 degree celsius. 5. I fertilise weekly and after every waterchange. 6. I have amano shrimps, cherry shrimps, otocinclus, panda garra, hillstream loaches, clown pleco and a butterfly ancistrus. I am a big fan of these fish and i chose the rest around it. 7. I do small maintenance 1 or 2 times a week and big maintenance once a month. And i clean the pre filter of the biomaster when i feel like the flow is reducing. I have experienced that when you compensate the low co2 levels by lower light intensity and fertilise accordingly you will have healthy plant growth without difficiencies. It just grows slower. I have lots of stemplants in the back. More fastgrowers than slow growers. I also have floating plants to diffuse the light and take nutrients from the water column that helps against algae as well. So im in a little camp in between the two camps you mentioned at the beginning.
Panda garras are not ideal for planted tanks but my girlfriends dad gave them to us when he stopped with his aquarium. We gave them to him 3 years ago for his B-Day They unrooted the Pogostemon Erectus a lot. But its getting there now 😂
This is my opinion - it is common for water companies to treat sewage with algae and bacteria so they can re-use the water. Once in the water though, the algae and bacteria are very diffcult to remove. Lots of people then fill their fish tanks with water from the tap and if they keep filling their tank using water from the tap, algae will always be present. You'll never remove algae all the while you use mains water. To remove algae or avoid getting algae problems in the first place I'd recommend using rain water or even river, pond water. That way you won't have to spend lots of money on aquarium products and you won't have to spend lots of time cleaning your tank!
❤ Well, I'm completely out of the running for the algae pagent, LOL. I don't have a CO2 injector and it's just not a high tech planted tank. I still have a lot to learn about CO2 use, so its not my time to get one yet. Anyway, the very end was extremely hilarious! I wondered why your hair was looking like that and now I get the joke!!
I'm inspired by your videos and thank you for all the great information you provide us in detail! Now I'm a beginner and started exploring aquascaping. Thank you Green Aqua you guys are the best!!
That was really useful. Some of those tanks gave me an anxiety attack! I followed all your advice from previous videos when setting up my new 240l aquascape. It's week 4, plants are growing nicely, tank is looking great and no trace of algae other than minimal diatoms. I wouldn't have succeeded without your help Thank you Green Aqua!!
Great Tips on combating Algae from Green Aqua Rock star Balaz. You are the reason I am subscribed to green aqua, though you made me spend a lot recently but it ended up useful for me. I wish I stop seeing your Vedios and save some money 🤪but you know what, i love your videos coz you inspire too👍
i have small tank with internal filter, many plants, shrimps, snails and 6 neon tetras ... i only clean filter weekly and thats mostly everything ... no water changes at all for mostly 1,5 year now and its still working fine ...i started this "tank project" after i saw your videos, so i would like to thank you all for inspiration
Yeah, this is something that works for a very very few people. :) Please don't advertise it. LOL. Does a lot of damage to the hobby. LOL. Thanks for the kind comment! :)
@@GreenAquaShop i didnt mean to advertise it ,sorry if it sounds like that ... i just wanna share my little story of how unpredictable this hobby sometime is and not only in bad way ,like algae and so .... it is beautifull and calming hobby so again thank you all for inspiration and sharing your experiences with us ... btw you guys have job of dream and i am looking forward to see more your dreams come true
@@GreenAquaShop @Green Aqua @Green Aqua LOL maybe :P ... Maybe I noticed Balazs says "there's no right path in Aquascapping" *2min later* "Don't use hang on back filter... Don't use DIY CO2 (even though I advertised it in a video)... Buy name brand light... Without these things it's not gonna be good... Don't advertise it. Does A LOT of DAMAGE to the hobby" LOL. As Tommy said "He's always has to be right" Still love you tho, Balazs!
Hey balas I think you need to trim your moss hahahahaha! Nice basic instinct reference! Cracked me up! Love your videos and you are the channel that got me into aquascaping!
Thank you for this video,it is very helpfull! Please think about make a video about how to remineralise the ro water, what kind of salt to use, what about the good tds ecc.. This video has an amasing basic instinct end! Fantastic! It makes me laugh a lot! Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I really enjoy these informative videos. I just brought home my 225 gallon aquarium (850L) and I have one oase biomaster thermo 850 canister filter. Our house is at 69F or 20.5C which is why i bought the thermo version. Should I add another biomaster 850? It will be a heavily planted tank with both rocks (haven't decided which rocks yet) and several pieces of twisted galapagos jungle wood (currently soaking them to remove tanins).
Twinstar works. I had two tanks one with TS and one without. The one without had much worse algae. It mightve been bc the one without TS had driftwood, which imo is more conducive to algae than stone, but i think the TS made a difference.
I kinda came in expecting to disagree with y'all on the feasibility of low-tech planted tanks, but actually I don't. They do have a narrower margin for error. I have a method that works for me with a mattenfilter alongside seachem matrix for filtration, high flow (8-10x turnover/hour), easier plants, low temperatures, and a restricted photoperiod but it took quite a bit of trial and error to get there. I mainly avoid CO2 because the cost of a regulator from what I've seen equals the cost of the rest of my setups combined and I'm working on a grad student budget. I get results I'm happy with regardless. Cheers!
@@GreenAquaShop Algae growth seems to have slowed down. :-) I think I might have dosed too much potassium in the past, the value I measure is quite high over 15mg/l. I started lean fertilization only a little bit of phosphate and iron, as I keep enough fish enough nitrate should be produced via fish waste.
Another tutorial I wish I would have seen when I started aquascaping. I think you aright, better to invest in a good filtration system since the beginning. My experiment was to buy several tools which were not good enough, finally I got good filtration and I solved algae and fish health. Doing the After math, buy buying good tools since the beginning I would have saved more money!😄 RO water also is crucial to me.
Awesome video Balazs! So much info and great tips on how to deal with algae! So informative! I have watched it twice already! Great to know the basics! THANK YOU!
Thank you Green Aqua for choosing my tank to be the champion of algae tank 🤣🎉🎉
Congratulations. :) You are the best! :) Come and get your prize from Viktor if you happen to come to Hungary. :) You deserve it. :)
Congratulations and well done. We are proud of you 😂✌ (just a joke) #cancelalgae
Selamat bro Theo, gak nyangka bisa menang kontes ginian😂
Congratulations 😉
I am Muhammad from Iraq. Thank you very much for the valuable information you provide in the field of fish farming. You are the source that benefited from it.
Cheers! Thanks!
OMG, I'll never see that scene again with the same eyes. Sharon "Balazs" Stone ! I bet that Tommy got the idea of the mossy rock...
LOL, sorry to have ruined your sexy memories.
@@GreenAquaShop No worries, now i have one that made me laugh alot, nearly spitted my coffee 😂
:)
The Basic Instinct bit at the end had me rolling. Too funny, Balázs!
Oh my gosh😂😂😂😂 it was on point and too funny 😂😂😂❤️
Cheers, guys, we're having fun. :)
The last part. Basic Instinct..."go with the flow"..🤭🤭😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣.....ROFL
LOL. :)
Right now im filtering my 30L Tank with 600L/Hours. I thought it might be overkill in terms of waterflow, but its not even noticeable... I followed your Guidelines in terms of filtration and i came to the conclusion: Just get the biggest badass filter you can get. Its 100%!!!! worth it!!!
Yeah, people find it difficult to understand that, but yeah, everybody will eventually open their partially closed taps on the pressure side hose....
Nice video. Just FYI, the pictures at 6:27 and 19:03 are cladophora. The picture at 19:49 is not. Also, nuisance cladophora is not the same kind as the moss ball cladophora. Cladophora is one of the few algaes that cannot travel through air spores. It will only enter your tank on shoddy live plants, which is where the moss ball myth comes from.
I've beaten it before and here's some tips: It thrives in a high tech tanks unfortunately, because it has a plant-like structure that is much more similar to a moss than an algae. This prevents it from being eaten by algae eaters or outcompeted by plants for nutrients. The way i got rid of it was by reducing lighting massively for many months, and spot dosing liquid carbon heavily. A black out will not work, as it can survive for a while in the dark, it must be outcompeted for light by other plants. Once you've got it, you will never be rid of it fully, but you can manage it, so don't freak out.
Thank you. Great movie ! Greetings from Poland 😉
Thanks for your support. 🙏😇
After this video, I stare at my tank looking for algae. 😂
LOL
I'm so pleased that you confirmed my thoughts on marimo moss balls. I had one for around 3 years in my tank, then it began to fall apart. I had no idea how dangerous this was, and I just put the smaller pieces around the tank. After a month or so I started to see tiny green tuffs appearing in the tank on plants and wood, but at this point I didn't connect it to the moss ball. In time I ended up with algae covering most of the bogwood and when trying to remove it, I thought how much like a moss ball it was. That's when I realised what had happened. The moss ball is long gone but the algae has remained ever since and it's the only thing in my non co2 tank that pearls :(
Yeah. Those moss balls are a problem.
Wow, one of the best tutorials on managing alage issues. You guys are amazing 👍
Thanks for the support!
The greatest gift to the fish fam and UA-cam Community ever.....Green Aqua!!!
Whatever you are doing with in your aquarium, listen to the soothing words of Balazs!! Aquascaping definitely does not have to be stressful... Never fear Green Aqua is here!! Absolutely one of the best tutorial channels there is!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video!! Thank you very much for explaining to us all the types of algae and the specific causes for why we may be experiencing algae outbreaks! Water changes are definitely the key plus... just clean your tank 😂💚
I don't have any fancy aquascapes..YET... but the ones I have are thriving because of what I've learned on this channel!! The only thing I'm not doing is CO2 at this moment! But with what I've learned with you guys I'm ready to give it a try! No nonsense tips and education that will help you create beautiful planted aquariums!!
I also appreciated everyone sending in the pictures of their algae... It really helps me identify and be able to take care of any problems that may arise!!
Miss Universe algae 😂😂😂
I love the punk snail 🐌😂🤘
Congratulations Theo what a beautiful algaescape😂😂
The algea"bra"😂 and the algae-free tank main points!!
I'm going to go take care and take care 😂😂
The ending😂😂 that was freaking hilarious... You look just like Sharon Stone 😂😂😂💚
I hope you guys have a very blessed day because you bless mine every time I watch one of your videos!! Thank you for sharing!!🙏💚🌿🐟🌿✌️
Thanks for the kind comment Mary, as always. :) I love reading your lines. Cheers!
I needed this video so badly! The fight against thread algae seems impossible.
Yet it is not, you'll master the skills!
Turn light down and get some ottos
@@ultimatesurvivalguid Ottos dont do much, mine are lazy and their behavior is relative but on the other hand my Siamese Algae Eaters are always active chewing everything
This helped me solve my hair algae issue that I've been battling for weeks now! Hasn't come back since.
Cool!
"No algae was harmed in the making of this motion picture." In other words Balazs didn't ate any algae this time ;)
Thanks for next great material and take care ;)
LOL, exactly. :)
I used to have a tank that had plastic plants and lots of algae, but until I started watching you on this channel, you have inspired me to build a beautiful high tech planted tank which is what I now have. Thank you.
Oh, cool! Good for you Toby!
“A long time ago at Green Aqua Bolaj eats algae”
Green Aqua 2020
Right! :)
Hi guys, very funny but also very informative video this week, lots of top tips on combatting one of the most annoying aspects of the hobby. Excellent, thank you and stay safe all.
Well watching the videos about algea made me buy co2 and external filter.. read betwen the lines - balance is everything in aquascape world . Thank you for being here and educate us.
Thank you to everyone bringing these videos. The knowledge is top notch, the production level is superb, and the humility and inspiration is more than we deserve ❤
It took me 1.5 yrs of trial and error to get it right on fighting algae. Yet, really enjoyed the learning process.
You are a smart and patient person. Cheers!
I didn’t. Lol 🤷♂️
Same here. Almost a year :D
RO/DI filter is probably the best investment for this hobby. I personally don't add anything to my water before adding it to the tank(to each their own, only sharing my experience). I dose the tank, not the water. A good RO/DI filter should get 0ppm 7.0pH water from almost any clear tap water source. When I lived in San Diego, CA, my RO/DI filter brought 350ppm 7.8pH tap water down to 0-1ppm 7.0pH. For top-offs, I add pure 0ppm water as nutrients don't evaporate. I learned this over 10 years of growing plants hydroponically as well as 15 years of keeping freshwater and reef aquariums. One can always add nutrients but one can't take them out unless one does a 100% water change or uses lots of activated carbon(more money, no thanks). If one wants to remove algae for good, remove its food source from the water column and it will die off really fast.
This video was really cool, I like to keep saltwater algae. My favorite tanks of mine to look at are my saltwater refugiums which house lots of different saltwater algae as well as a multitude of micro-organisms.
I love San Diego. :) You are right, RO is great. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for this instructive video, your humor is also very welcome in the gloomy atmosphere due to Covid-19 :)
Cheers. :)
Спасибо большое !! Thank you so much . From Russia 🇷🇺 with love)
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
29:59 😂😂Green Aqua and Balazs Farkas Good thing you are here we laughed today👏😁
Cheers! :)
@@GreenAquaShop I am really afraid to imagine discussion leading to this scene :D
Good movie! It was very informative! Thank you Balazs!
You are welcome.
Have been fighting an algea attack for the past months...even with co2 it kept getting worse. What I found to be the problem was too much water disturbance from my filter letting all the co2 out, placing my co2 device on the other side of the tank also helped. This worked for me, probably not for all of you.
Yepp, that is a common issue.
The really hard part when managing aquarieum.
Thank you for good information.
Thanks for watching us.
Cheers. :)
Balazs you crack me up man! I honestly want to know how many time did it actually take to kill that mosquito...
3. LOL.
this whole time I was mistaken cyanobacteria for bga... I would have never known otherwise... im now on day 3 of antibiotics and already see improvements... thank you Green Aqua
Notification squad 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cheers! :)
Most descriptive video i have found till date. M filled to the throat. Not choking 🤪
7:16 I agree with all these points except for filtration. I don't think filtration prevents algea except maybe for tanks with overpopulation and not enough plants. Plants already take up ammonium. Actually they prefer ammonium to nitrates. They consume ammonium first.
Loved the starting Indian tradition music as well 👍👍🙏🙏
I love that too!
Btw the story you told at beginning was very sad, this hobby needs patience. They miss out long term relaxation and benefit over something that can be easily avoided
Exactly.
it cost me 8 months to conquer my first tank
Well, but now you know what it takes... :)
The worst is - you got all too fast. In many hobbies usually it is you who set a difficulty level. You never learn driving with Ferrary or McLaren, right? With an aquarium you just get all at once.. Full speed from the day1. Take and enjoy..
You just think - 1. Ok, will feed the fishes and enjoy the view.. 2. Ok. Clean and water change once a week. 3. plants dont grow - fertilisers? 4. Light. 5. plants just dissolve and dont grow - another light which is stronger 6. too much light, algae and no bubbles - CO2. 7. overdosing CO2 - all snails are dead (surprisingly no ammonia peak detected). 8. water tests 9. fertilisers (another)+tests to keep all as it should 10. sudden GDA. 11.12.13.... It all in less than a year!
The worst, as for me, is - you dont see the direct impact of changes you just did. "after some change wait couple of weeks". Terrible speed!
And all of it - without your direct wish. You actually just wanted nice relaxing view of planted aquarium and to feed fishes :)
Having GDA and waiting for 3 weeks (as one of solutions) I did not see appearance of other algae which should be treated now.. nice :( I also now close to give up..
@@TushhsuTlower your nitrates (not 0) more like 5 or 10. Raise the lights higher or reduce intensity. Clean gda, and it will not come back so fast
Totally agree with everything said! One point that I didn't see mentioned which was the indirect cause for me: overfeeding. It's so easy to overfeed, and with good bottom cleaners(corys, shrimps, snails, etc) a lot of time it is not as visible as you'd think, but it does seep into the substrate... and the released amonia/nitrites cause the algae...
Yes, you are right, forgot to say that, but it's a bit connected to filtration too... Thanks for adding that!
Just at the moment my BBA bloom went down and has been replaced by a Green hair algae outbreak. Thank you for your great tutorials guys!
(N.B: BBA firefighter testimonial: I first removed all the plants and hardscape and let them spend some weeks in a daily double dose Seachem Excel, and think that helped a bit. But I clearly I think one of the most efficient thing I did was to use ferts daily instead of weekly, by following Green Aqua's masterclass + EI guidelines. This with moving CO2 from 15ppm (Tropica recommendations) to 30ppm clearly made the trick)
Thanks for the kind feedback, glad you rule the BBA now! Cheers!
Hello BALAZS ... There is so much to look at, so much knowledge to acquire, my mind is thirsty for what you provide in a philanthropic way !!! Thank you ... If I had the possibility to work for you, I would do it for free just for the knowledge!
You're welcome, glad you found this useful! Cheers!
Balasz, you are funny guy. You make me laght. That basic instinct ending is TOP!
We laughed a lot on it too.
The worst of the lot is definitely BBA. So tough to remove, becoming impossible when it grows in surfaces that you can't readily scrape them off, e.g. suction cups for equipment, on the outlets of external filter return. BBA even grows on moss. When there isn't much, the 7 methods here can keep it at bay, but once there's a bunch of it, I think it's time to give up that tank.
Yeah, BBA is nasty.
Good day hungarian brothers! thanks to your channel im about to settle 480l aquarium after 10 years of break from aquaristics, you've bring it to another level.
Greeting from Poland
Cheers brother!
OMG .. DON´T GO WITH FLOW ........................ :D
We love to go see your store, but we got a 14 hour drive to get to you :)
So for now we'll have to see it all here
Thank you so much for all the laughs we get when seeing you all here
Love from Denmark
LOL. Looking forward to have you over someday Peter. We love Denmark, I understand the language a bit. Just a bit.
@@GreenAquaShop :) I want to bet that these are all the naughty words you know in Danish :)
My fiance and I are just waiting for the corona to be over, so we can start the car and drive down to visit you, could be part of our honeymoon journey to go and see you all :)
I love you, I love your videos, and I really love your excellent tutorials.❤
They helped me so often, and ofcourse they will help me as a aquaman!😉
Thank you.plz continue🙏🌹
Will do, thanks for the cool feedback!
After watching this video I decided to subscribe to the channel. You are doing a very good job.
Green Aqua, at 3:50 you described my whole aquarium owning story extremely accurately. This video was made for me. Haha
i start this hobby in desember 2019
my friend asked me about it ( apparently most of my friend think i knows everything ).
then i read and watch video about this hobby and start this hobby.
then my other friend want to start this hobby too. and so, there are 7 of us that start this hobby. but now, its only me that staying with aquascaping 😂
one of the reason that make me still in love with this hobby is this channel.
P.s : for tommy, your iwagumi is inspire me
That is so nice to read, thanks for the comment. Glad you stayed.
OMG, EPIC video finale!!!!! Best video closing ever, congrats to Balazs and all the team, it is ALWAYS a pleasure watching your videos!!!! Hope one day I can go and visit your beatiful gallery. Best regards all the way from Mexico!!!
Cheers! :)
That intro, that was the very first Green Aqua video I ever saw. Hooked ever since.
Cheers, thanks for the longtime support James!
seeing these algae monsters made me felt so much butter about the "unfortunate" state of my tank (and then i fixed it).
more "Miss Algae Universe" !!! it's educational to see what can happen when tanks go bad.
LOL. Will do. Cheers!
Thank you Balazs. I will have to watch this carefully. My new 110 gallon tank came and it has a big sump filter that I'm still trying to figure out. But I will have co2 and the Fluval 3.0 LED and I will scape it heavily and with rocks and wood. It will have proper substrate and liquid fertilizer and tabs. I kept fish in the sixties and they had nothing like today. If I get tired of it, I'll find a big family and give it to them. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Good luck with your project, sounds exciting!
LOL, when I feel down, I watch one of the Green Aqua videos and everything is good again. Thank-you Balázs.
You are welcome, glad we have that effect. Cheers!
I have a 37l with only neocaridinas and snails. A small filter,heater chihiros light. Fertilizing once a week, changing water twice a month but no co2. Had algae at the begining but now nothing. Plants are growing well not as much as if i have co2 i think but it works
It is really good news that it works for you, don't change anything!
@@GreenAquaShop thank you, i think the duration of lightning is really important as well to prevent algae. and not feeding too much :)
Yes, if any conditions, like lighting lenth, temperature, and other factors are not met, you can have plants suffering.
Excellent video guys, you are a beacon of hope in the world of aquascaping. As a side note: agal spores are made of sporenine, which renders them virtually indestructible, even using powerful solvents that may be the cause of their usual comeback
Yes, resilient little things. :) Cheers!
At first I thought you are going to talk about a new LG oled tv review LOL :D just because I had been watching tv review videos in the past few weeks. BTW thanks for the video it was great and very useful. :)
LOL, we could've done that but this is an older one. :)
Great video, as always! I always think while watching these videos, it must be a hoot working at Green Aqua!
Absolutely! Cheers!
Just getting in to Aquatic panted tanks. It is very fun. I love my big yellow snail. It eats so much algae. I have little tanks. 1.5 gallon planted with shrimp and snails. 5 gallon with plants and snails only. Your videos are great. Got bright lights and my plants are starting to grow. I am sort of a freak. I put in time everyday on my tanks.
Thanks for watching! :) Welcome to the channel!
Super excited for my new 60p build with a oase biomaster 350. My current 20gal cube has a built in filter which I think is holding me back.
Good luck! External filters are alway good!
Oh thanks. I needed this video. I can prevent algae better than i used to years ago. But it is still a pain.
Practice makes the master!
I just started watching green aqua videos yesterday and im completely addicted! 😍 ive already learned so much about alot of problems i have been having with my very first aquascape. Thanks so much green aqua! Absolutely love what you are doing!
You are welcome Robert, thanks for watching us, hope you'll stay with the Channel for a long time. Cheers.
Ha ha the end. You crazy bunch. Love it
Thanks, HeRo. :)
I think this is your best videos so far. Happy to see Balász again! His videos are on high level, very informative!
Glad you like this, cheers! :)
Excellent video. Everytime I see Balazs talking about algae free tanks and temperature, I suffer. I live in a Brazilian city that is horribly hot. My tank is always around 29° even in some rainy days, no heater of course, and air conditioning really becomes something super expensive to pay every month (also, chillers cost way to high for me). I'm planning to have a new planted tank this year but I think I'll always have some kind of algae in the tank even though I have everything else a planted tank needs. Oh boy...
Yeah, that is a problem. Did you try fans on top of the tank? Evaporation will decrease the temperature by 1-3 degrees Celsius. Not much, but it's relatively inexpensive.
@@GreenAquaShop I'll try using fans in the future tank and hope it helps. Thanks
Hi Balazs, very funny , but very informative video on one of the biggest put offs ( is that even a word ) of the hobby. So many great tips and tricks . Many thanks as always for sharing ,
You're welcome Terry, tried my best. Cheers!
Best video ever! Thank you Balanzs. Learnt more in this video than hours of listening to other "experts"!!
You're welcome! Glad you found this useful!
Basic Instinct 😁😂 merci pour vos vidéos, professionnels et drôles.
Cheers, you're welcome, glad you appreciate the production effort.
i would appreciated this video were avaiable september 2019 when i started and i had my first algae troubles, fortunatly thank god i slip with professional aquascapers of my country and they helped me... but im sure that newbies will appreciate it. Gratz for a nice teaching video guys
Cheers, glad you now know the drill. :)
7:07 I do 6 of the 7 steps learned on this channel.
1. I have the Oase Biomaster 600 thermo with biological filtermedia.
I removed all sponges except for the bottom tray.
2. I do not inject Co2, but i chose stricktly plants than can tolerate lower Co2 levels.
3. I bought LED light dedicated to plant growth by a Dutch brand.
4. I have soft water straight from the tap, thats pure luck though.
23 degree celsius.
5. I fertilise weekly and after every waterchange.
6. I have amano shrimps, cherry shrimps, otocinclus, panda garra, hillstream loaches, clown pleco and a butterfly ancistrus. I am a big fan of these fish and i chose the rest around it.
7. I do small maintenance 1 or 2 times a week and big maintenance once a month.
And i clean the pre filter of the biomaster when i feel like the flow is reducing.
I have experienced that when you compensate the low co2 levels by lower light intensity and fertilise accordingly you will have healthy plant growth without difficiencies.
It just grows slower.
I have lots of stemplants in the back.
More fastgrowers than slow growers.
I also have floating plants to diffuse the light and take nutrients from the water column that helps against algae as well.
So im in a little camp in between the two camps you mentioned at the beginning.
All these sound really good Dennis. You are right, reducing light intensity in a non-CO2 tank always helps.
@@GreenAquaShop when will you be reviewing tanks again ? I will submit mine when its a bit more mature.
Panda garras are not ideal for planted tanks but my girlfriends dad gave them to us when he stopped with his aquarium.
We gave them to him 3 years ago for his B-Day
They unrooted the Pogostemon Erectus a lot.
But its getting there now 😂
Thanks for the description, glad you have a setup that works. Will let you know if we do reviews in the future.
gracias por los videos que hacéis
You're welcome!
I love so much this guy 💗 my favorite Chanel ever
Cheers Gabriela. :)
This is my opinion - it is common for water companies to treat sewage with algae and bacteria so they can re-use the water. Once in the water though, the algae and bacteria are very diffcult to remove. Lots of people then fill their fish tanks with water from the tap and if they keep filling their tank using water from the tap, algae will always be present. You'll never remove algae all the while you use mains water.
To remove algae or avoid getting algae problems in the first place I'd recommend using rain water or even river, pond water. That way you won't have to spend lots of money on aquarium products and you won't have to spend lots of time cleaning your tank!
Can you make a video about small container pond?
Yes please
Noted, cheers!
❤ Well, I'm completely out of the running for the algae pagent, LOL. I don't have a CO2 injector and it's just not a high tech planted tank. I still have a lot to learn about CO2 use, so its not my time to get one yet. Anyway, the very end was extremely hilarious! I wondered why your hair was looking like that and now I get the joke!!
LOL, cheers! :)
Thank You Bazals i buy now a filter oase biomaster thermo 350 for 112L tank, now I thinking about good co2 system :) step buy step :) Greatings :)
Cheers!
27:09
Pokémon tank: you gotta catch'em all.
One of the best videos by Green Aqua Team!
Thanks!
I'm inspired by your videos and thank you for all the great information you provide us in detail! Now I'm a beginner and started exploring aquascaping. Thank you Green Aqua you guys are the best!!
That was really useful. Some of those tanks gave me an anxiety attack! I followed all your advice from previous videos when setting up my new 240l aquascape. It's week 4, plants are growing nicely, tank is looking great and no trace of algae other than minimal diatoms. I wouldn't have succeeded without your help Thank you Green Aqua!!
You're welcome, fingers crossed for you, algae can appear after week 4... Keep up the maintenances, good luck with your tank!
ooo you 've made this so easy to understand
Great Tips on combating Algae from Green Aqua Rock star Balaz. You are the reason I am subscribed to green aqua, though you made me spend a lot recently but it ended up useful for me. I wish I stop seeing your Vedios and save some money 🤪but you know what, i love your videos coz you inspire too👍
LOL, if you have your tank gear ready and set up, then your costs will go significantly down. :)
@@GreenAquaShop thanks for your kind reply, u r the best in what u do
i have small tank with internal filter, many plants, shrimps, snails and 6 neon tetras ... i only clean filter weekly and thats mostly everything ... no water changes at all for mostly 1,5 year now and its still working fine ...i started this "tank project" after i saw your videos, so i would like to thank you all for inspiration
Yeah, this is something that works for a very very few people. :) Please don't advertise it. LOL. Does a lot of damage to the hobby. LOL. Thanks for the kind comment! :)
@@GreenAquaShop i didnt mean to advertise it ,sorry if it sounds like that ... i just wanna share my little story of how unpredictable this hobby sometime is and not only in bad way ,like algae and so .... it is beautifull and calming hobby so again thank you all for inspiration and sharing your experiences with us ... btw you guys have job of dream and i am looking forward to see more your dreams come true
@@bloodbunny6925 Don't worry about it, you do you! Balazs is just a bit elitist. He tries to fight it but it slips out sometimes.
LOL. :) Are you a psychologist Hunter Lee?
@@GreenAquaShop @Green Aqua @Green Aqua LOL maybe :P ... Maybe I noticed Balazs says "there's no right path in Aquascapping" *2min later* "Don't use hang on back filter... Don't use DIY CO2 (even though I advertised it in a video)... Buy name brand light... Without these things it's not gonna be good... Don't advertise it. Does A LOT of DAMAGE to the hobby" LOL. As Tommy said "He's always has to be right"
Still love you tho, Balazs!
Hey balas I think you need to trim your moss hahahahaha! Nice basic instinct reference! Cracked me up! Love your videos and you are the channel that got me into aquascaping!
LOL Cheers!
Compliments, compliments, compliments! As always very helpfull.
P.s. I like the 80's action tv show ending. "Next week on the A-team..."
lol, right.
Like always ! So great advises. I hope soon visit your shop ! Best Regards. Xavier from France
Cheers Xavier, looking forward to your visit someday.
Very useful video on algae, thx for that.
But I will not get that last scene out of my head for a while. You are crazy! :D
LOL.
This video is so outrageously good! I invested MONEY and it was So so so so worth it. Love you guys
Cheers! :)
As usual great video , lots of useful information. Cheers guys
Cheers Mark!
I love aquascape gurus with a great sense(i) of humor! :)
Thank you for your kind words. 🙏😇
Thank you so much. This is very usefull. Greetings from Wrocław, Poland.
Glad to read this. :)
Cheers Blazej.
Lóri
Love your channel❤ But times change, look for PINK Aquarium. Maybe you like the new way without CO2 devices😊
Thank you for this video,it is very helpfull!
Please think about make a video about how to remineralise the ro water, what kind of salt to use, what about the good tds ecc..
This video has an amasing basic instinct end! Fantastic! It makes me laugh a lot! Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
LOL, cheers. Your idea is noted!
the last minute of video gave you my like xD you awesome
Than's for sharing you're knowledge, nice jock in at the end.
Thanks for watching us. :)
Very helpful video. The last couple seconds was hilarious!
Cheers! :)
I really enjoy these informative videos. I just brought home my 225 gallon aquarium (850L) and I have one oase biomaster thermo 850 canister filter. Our house is at 69F or 20.5C which is why i bought the thermo version. Should I add another biomaster 850? It will be a heavily planted tank with both rocks (haven't decided which rocks yet) and several pieces of twisted galapagos jungle wood (currently soaking them to remove tanins).
Twinstar works. I had two tanks one with TS and one without. The one without had much worse algae. It mightve been bc the one without TS had driftwood, which imo is more conducive to algae than stone, but i think the TS made a difference.
We've used it for many years. With good success in some cases. The lifespan of the electrode is too short. So we switched the focus on other things.
I kinda came in expecting to disagree with y'all on the feasibility of low-tech planted tanks, but actually I don't. They do have a narrower margin for error. I have a method that works for me with a mattenfilter alongside seachem matrix for filtration, high flow (8-10x turnover/hour), easier plants, low temperatures, and a restricted photoperiod but it took quite a bit of trial and error to get there. I mainly avoid CO2 because the cost of a regulator from what I've seen equals the cost of the rest of my setups combined and I'm working on a grad student budget. I get results I'm happy with regardless.
Cheers!
Yes, if you find the proper balance, a low-tech tank can be quite a good and satisfying project, glad you have that set up! Cheers.
Dear Green Aqua, Balazs-san, you'd be proud to know your simple advice on CO2 timing has resolved the algae outbreak. Thank you once again!
Oh, great news! Thanks for the feedback! Cheers!
Thank you for the advice regarding CO2. It will now start three hours before lights go on. I will post an update on how it affects the hair algea.
Good luck with your algae, let us know how it went!
@@GreenAquaShop Algae growth seems to have slowed down. :-) I think I might have dosed too much potassium in the past, the value I measure is quite high over 15mg/l. I started lean fertilization only a little bit of phosphate and iron, as I keep enough fish enough nitrate should be produced via fish waste.
Great video, thanks for sharing
You are welcome. Cheers!
Another tutorial I wish I would have seen when I started aquascaping. I think you aright, better to invest in a good filtration system since the beginning. My experiment was to buy several tools which were not good enough, finally I got good filtration and I solved algae and fish health. Doing the After math, buy buying good tools since the beginning I would have saved more money!😄 RO water also is crucial to me.
Yeah!
Lol that promo at the end 😂 Great vid again...I taught that here in the caribbean algae reigned supreme but after seeing some of those tanks 😲
We've got all kinds of things - everywhere nowadays. LOL.
Awesome video Balazs! So much info and great tips on how to deal with algae! So informative! I have watched it twice already! Great to know the basics! THANK YOU!
You are welcome, glad you liked this one too, Mike.