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I've been having a small fugus problem in my 10g apisto "honeymoon suite". Since there are only 2 fish, sometimes they miss pieces of the "Formula One" frozen food that I feed them as a staple in the mornings. By the next day the food is covered in fungus. I never had this problem in my 29g.
The tank has a flourite substrate, slate decor, and is lightly planted with java moss and java fern. The only light is a 15w incandescent on one side of the hood and a screw-in compact flourescent that is mostly blacked out on the other side. The tank gets RO water pruchased from lfs (said they add "RO Right" )The water parameters are:
kh=2
gh=1
ph=6.8
ammonia=0
nitites=0
nitrates=15ppm
What kind of tank conditions promote fungus growth, and is this a problem for eggs? The first batch dissappeared after only a day (not uncommon for a first spawn though). I'm worried that subsequent spawns will fungus more readily since my tank seems to be a real fungus farm.
The tank has a flourite substrate, slate decor, and is lightly planted with java moss and java fern. The only light is a 15w incandescent on one side of the hood and a screw-in compact flourescent that is mostly blacked out on the other side. The tank gets RO water pruchased from lfs (said they add "RO Right" )The water parameters are:
kh=2
gh=1
ph=6.8
ammonia=0
nitites=0
nitrates=15ppm
What kind of tank conditions promote fungus growth, and is this a problem for eggs? The first batch dissappeared after only a day (not uncommon for a first spawn though). I'm worried that subsequent spawns will fungus more readily since my tank seems to be a real fungus farm.
