What algae do you want? I assume brown , green spot. They don’t need a lot of light or nutrient, maybe just a drop of ammonia. You can get ammonium chloride off amazon.
or dirty tank water will work fine.
or dirty tank water will work fine.
Purposely Growing Algae for Otto Food
As the title states, i'm purposely trying to grow some algae on some river rocks. I cant seem to find a thread that has the info I'm looking for.
I have a plastic container (with lid) sitting outside under the sun with river rocks in it. I used a few squirts of easy green in the water also. Additionally I have a tiny solar powered water pump circulating the water. After about the week, the water is green-ish, but the container is filled with mostly hair algae. When I go to take out some of the rocks to inspect them, its very slimy overall. Definitely not growing the type of algae I expected.
What am I doing wrong?
I have a plastic container (with lid) sitting outside under the sun with river rocks in it. I used a few squirts of easy green in the water also. Additionally I have a tiny solar powered water pump circulating the water. After about the week, the water is green-ish, but the container is filled with mostly hair algae. When I go to take out some of the rocks to inspect them, its very slimy overall. Definitely not growing the type of algae I expected.
What am I doing wrong?
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Would I need to let it sit out in the sun? Or is this something I can keep indoors. Do I need to circulate the water? I think my last attempted which generated hair algae clogged my pump....What algae do you want? I assume brown , green spot. They don’t need a lot of light or nutrient, maybe just a drop of ammonia. You can get ammonium chloride off amazon.
or dirty tank water will work fine.
otto don't really eat algae as much as bio-film and they should be fed some meat. I really wouldn't grow algae per sey for an otto - however you want a well establish tank with a lot of biofilm.
In the shade or by the window should work. No circulation. You’ll need to feed ottos algae wafers too for a balanced diet.
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