@Fish186
I’m surprised you don’t have a million subscribers yet, you are literally the best aquascaper I can find :))
@WombatMuffler
This is EASILY the best video I have ever seen on how to prevent algae. Great work.
@alexanderpopov3587
This is easily one of the most helpful videos on Youtube for planted tanks!
@BuildsWithV
Can you do a full video only on tip number 20? I’d love to learn as much as possible about different types of algae and what causes them and what kills them etc.
@StevenDavisPhoto
this should be THE video for algae prevention. thanks for being so thorough.
@blainecole5452
My aquarium is one month old. I am being patient. And also, I am enjoying watching my fast growing, easy care plants, fill out the tank. Cheers for all the good advice.
@titanuranus2136
My water is so hard GH is off the scale and nitrates are 15-20 ppm from the tap. Waterchanges with tap water are detremental for my planted aquarium in terms of algae, also it kills pearl weed and marsilea hirsuta. Thank you yorkshire water! I fill 3x 3L bottles at work where the water is very soft, I do small waterchanges and top up for evaporation with that for months now and everything is great. Long term i am thinking of collecting rainwater for waterchanges, or a RO system if rain water isnt a good idea, or living elsewhere as my tank has half the disolved solids compared to my tap water. It wouldnt surprise me if i would be better off boiling my tank water and drinking that.
@quackchung
Beautiful set ups, but time consuming for most aquarists. Algae is your friend in the latter circumstances. It helps reduce excess nutrients in your tank, usually caused by overfeeding or all those liquid ferts that are dumped in the tank. Usually you'd cut right back on the feed and ferts and add more plants to outcompete the algae that use up the excess nutrients to feed on to create a better balance. Small fish don't need a lot of food, a tiny pich 2 or 3 times a week would suffice. Better still, put some wet leaf litter from a healthy body of water in to bring in some natural microorganisms for them to feed on and don't worry about parasites. You're fighting a losing battle trying to keep fish in a sterile environment with expensive chemical products that are pushed onto us because of the unnatural order. I expect that's why most have to change their valuable water at an excessive rate too. Beautiful, but time consuming and costly for most. Check out Father Fish for a more natural way to keep fish... Very informative and relaxing way to sit back and enjoy your pets.
@tombarb2864
Getting ready to setup a new tank. These tips are good to reference. Thanks
@hugoportella4486
One of the best aquarium sites in the net. Keep going!
@rwtg843
I started this hobby a year back and I made several mistakes that you pointed out... I neglected the tank too much.... very less water changes (once a month...maybe more) Too much light Less plants Now I have started following some of the tips and some I still can't follow due to financial limitations Earlier I used to clean my filter media completely with tap water... now I rinse it lightly with aquarium water I do weekly 15-20% water change Earlier I used to keep light on for 8-10 hrs that too inconsistent(sometimes even upto 14 hrs when I forgot).. it used to ruin my plants with algae... now I reduced light timings strictly to 5hrs and will gradually increase it to 8hrs when algae starts reducing Also i raised the light a couple of inches higher I now also introduced floating plants and stem plants too... Earlier I used to have just a few very slow growing plants(anubias) I have a small 12 gallon aquarium... I don't think my aquasoil has enough nutrients but i cannot get new soil due to financial limiations😅... I don't have CO2 setup... I am using API leaf zone liquid fertilizer.. small amounts after water changes... I have cherry shrimps but they don't seem to eat algae at all... I am getting otocinclus... algae is already starting to reduce... I cannot follow some tips... if anyone can give me some tips based on my situation, I am happy to get suggestions
@neilmartin99
MJ, greatest basketball player of all time and now the greatest aquascaper of all time. 😊
@michaelcomfort3588
I aspire to have tanks like yours. fantastic content. you are my go to resource for any kind of aquarium topics from plant health, algae, cycling, or even if I'm bored and looking for aquarium videos to watch. thank you for your videos! i am currently struggling with algae in my tank. Managed to reduce brown algae, but now i am seeing the start of BBA and Green Algae. the tank planted, but not fully. I am hoping that some of recent plants will start to take root like my Monte Carlo and Pearlweed. I'd love to send you a picture/video and get your personal input? Thank you for your videos!
@kielerkarl
Do you remember were to buy this shelf behind you? It looks very sturdy!
@ADUAquascaping
This is the best algae video in the history of YouTube! Your tanks are looking amazing! Well done, Mark 👏
@wds525
I stop every episode of any series I'm watching, on any streaming service I'm subscribed to when you post a video.
@brianbrigg57
I went the DIY route using the large and heavy MakersLED heatsink with a selection of different LEDs. I have some 6500K Cree and 4200K Philips Rebels, with deep red, far red, cool blue, royal blue, some red, green, and blue Bridgelux as well as two near UV Bridgelux. These are controlled by a Coralux 16 channel Storm X controller and can be PWM dimmed with 4096 steps per channel. Each channel can be set with a timed delay where you can set how long before each individual channel begins to ramp up and how long before they reach the maximum setting programmed. This makes it good for setting up colorful sunrise and sunset periods. With 4096 being the maximum I've never used a setting higher than 1900. Any higher and I don't have an aquascape so much as an algae farm.
@jordanforever2345
Bookmarking!!! I guess Twinstar doesn’t work??
@andrekarssa
This video is gold. Excelent tips.
@MJAquascaping