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Fast growing weed in Tropical Fish Tank

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  • I had a chat with my neighbour, barley straw is indeed used for controling algae and not blanket weed, so my fault for not reading the OP properly.
    As for not adding anything that shouldn't be there, he told me straw is totally natural and won't add anything to the water that would affect the fish, he also pointed out that it needs to be dried straw as fresh straw releases more nitrogen and makes it worse.
  • DKLS
    DKLS Posts: 13,461 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Since installing one of these my algae problems are over.
    Depends on the OPs setup if its appropriate or not.
  • kitchpoo
    kitchpoo Posts: 1,255 Forumite
    Thanks everyone for your replies. Very helpful. We only have a 40l tank...gave it a thorough clean last night...bought some new accessoies...a bridge for them to swim through etc. We won't put the light on as much and we will try and do a water change moe often. See what happens.
    Praying at the church of MSE should be compulsory!

    There are three types of people in the world, those who can add up and those who can't.
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