dualexcess
06-28-2005, 08:51 AM
I've neglected my aquarium plants of late, partly because I'm not sure what to do with them, and they do seem to just grow, plus, if I need some new product, money's been tight.
It's 36 gallons, with 2 red-tailed sharks, 1 rainbow shark, 3 tiger barbs, and 7 black phantoms, all of which have been in there for 2-5 years. I don't know which plants--there are a good 1/2 dozen, which I chose for variety of height, density, and also for low-medium light. Obviously, they're not terribly large.
I've just been doing the small weekly tank maintenance, but in preparing to do a major water change--really need to vacuum, etc., I'm looking at the plants and noticing black stuff on them. Could this be alarming? Is it caused by the fish, or also icky for them? And I was figuring I'd just rinse them off, but I don't want to hurt them, and then, some of them would need uprooting, and that doesn't seem smart.
It's 36 gallons, with 2 red-tailed sharks, 1 rainbow shark, 3 tiger barbs, and 7 black phantoms, all of which have been in there for 2-5 years. I don't know which plants--there are a good 1/2 dozen, which I chose for variety of height, density, and also for low-medium light. Obviously, they're not terribly large.
I've just been doing the small weekly tank maintenance, but in preparing to do a major water change--really need to vacuum, etc., I'm looking at the plants and noticing black stuff on them. Could this be alarming? Is it caused by the fish, or also icky for them? And I was figuring I'd just rinse them off, but I don't want to hurt them, and then, some of them would need uprooting, and that doesn't seem smart.