Looking for more plants to keep a lid on hair algae! I do water changes, but I think more plants would help.
Red tiger lotus!!! So fucking beautiful, I have one as a centerpiece in my 15g dwarf cichlid planted tank
Most of it is under a foot but it will put out lillypads that rise to water surface level
Oh man can they really get that amazing looking? I just put on in my 4gal nano, I had no idea they get this crazy. Great picture!
Yes they will grow!! Some root tabs and good light and they’re happy. They will also put out long leaves that act like little lily pads!
Ooooh, I’ve wanted lilypads :)
I love crypts, java ferns, and valisneria, although val can grow more than a foot tall if you let it. Anything fast-growing can help control nitrates.
Another thing you can do is reduce your light brightness or have your light on for fewer hours a day. I usually keep my lights on eight hours a day and that, along with a good population of cherry shrimp and ramshorn snails keeps the algae under control.
Heck yeah! I have a decent number of cherries and an Otto and corys. I probably leave the light on a bit too long. The hair algae is fairly manageable, just beating back a bloom from when I was away on a vacation.
More plants would be welcome, though, thank you for the recommendations!
I really like Bucephalandra. They are kind of slow growing but super hardy and even put out little flowers. And it stays relatively small while still spreading, I started with it on a piece of driftwood and it filled that up and then continued to spread off the log and started rooting into the substrate.
I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!
I really love Cryptocoryne when it starts to “carpet”. It looks great and stays short. Also if you are having trouble with algae lowering the light intensity or leaving them on less is the best way to control it IMO.
I might have to check it out! Is that the one that has strings of vertical leaves across the bottom, bright red when exposed to lots of light?
red root floater
I have them and love them!
