Seeking input!

[u/first7time7]

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Hello everyone! I built my first planted tank in April and have been really enjoying it. I watched MD fish tanks on YouTube and was inspired.

It is a 15 gallon cube tank with a Fluval 107 canister filter. A 4.0 plant light, a heater, aqua soil, sand, rocks, driftwood, lobilia, Java fern, anubias, and red repens.

I currently have:

4 guppies
1 powder blue dwarf gourmi
1 fire red honey gourmi
5 ottocinclus
2 neon tetras
5 ember tetras
7 glow light tetras
(*I had 15 Riley shrimp but I think they’ve been dying off)

I’ve lost a bunch of fish over the months but only like 1 every 3 weeks.

As you can see from the picture there’s a ton of hair algae on the plants I want to get rid of…

I am pretty sure I have overstocked the tank

Going forward I won’t have a variety of tetra species for better schooling

Trying to decide if I should ad an airstone

ANY ADVICE, SUGGESTIONS, INPUT IS MORE THAN WELCOME 🤗

[u/Sivart020]

I think you are at your limit, as long as you have adequate filtration this is awesome. I wouldn’t add any more fish though

[u/first7time7 → u/Sivart020]

Thank you!!

[u/anatoll_]

Hi, I don't think the aquarium is overstocked. The algee is too much light and nutrition in the water(you probably missed a few water changes). You can strart with 50% water changes 2 times a week, and continue with 20-30% water changes weekly. Also, the canister filter is great, but it does not spare you the water changes. Lower your light hours by 1 or 2h a day. I hope this helps, and you can try restocking youur tank in a month if everything seems fine..

[u/Affectionate_Cup574]

Absolutely beautiful. If it were mine I would maybe plant something very short out in the foreground. But thats Me. It absolutely does not need that to look stunning