MASSIVE DIATOMS PROBLEM FIXED IN TWO WEEKS!

[@darrenderousse4804]

Wow! I had no idea a high end set up like that could get that bad! Amazing job and finished clean up! Love the stone layout of this scape! Can’t wait to see it fully grown in! Great choice on the fish! I know they are used a lot but I think a big school of cardinal tetras would look nice! Or a big school of glass catfish would look cool!

[@OliverKnott_aquascaper]

Great video and perfect job 👌🏼

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Cheers and thanks Oliver 😉

[@mikeinca3762]

Wow! What a cleanup and looks awesome! Amazing the change since cleanup! Great job!

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thanks Mike, how all is well?

[@cortvrient1]

Ottocinclus affinis loves diatoms, i gave them time and they loved it.

[@vamshikrishnaGVK]

Amazing to see the results these guys bring in 🥰🥰

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

They are simply the best

[@pondgators]

Awesome video!! Your channel seems really cool!! Just subbed too!!

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thank you

[@anghelmarius9429]

Rummy noses are perfect. Excelent job on diathoms!

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thanks Marius. Which other fish should I add?

[@pulsedp]

Clean up looks great. Unfortunately my setup won’t take that kind of clean up crew as the fish will eat the shrimp and snails. Considering a Pleco or Siamese algae eaters at this point but there’s a point where the get too big and I’ll need to return them.

[@deletethemedia3445]

I am dealing with a big diatom bloom in my planted 10g. Not a new tank either. Been running for a year. Many of my stems suffered and had to be removed. Manually remove as much as I can by hand right before my water change. Within 4 days, everything is covered again. Not a tap water problem because I have a 75g with no diatoms. I have yet to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thinking of just starting over. As for what fish to add to that beautiful tank, I say many more Rummynose!

[@aquascapingluxemburg1259]

Maybe a school of Hyphessobrycon amandae. If almost everything is lost, add a few shrimp and after 2 weeks the tank will look as it never has seen algea before. I love it

[@kendelmundo1455]

how often did you do a water change for the 2-week period? GREAT VIDEO FOR BEGINNERS LIKE ME!

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Once a week 50%

[@namithkarkera6800]

Looks more like you did a rewind then a fast forward from the setup, amazing work !! Did you reduce the horn nerites after the diatoms cleared or kept the 100 in there ?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

I used the “clean result” as a thumbnail in the previous video, because I haven’t had a nice picture of the scape right after the planting. but trust me, it’s correct and in chronological order as it is. The sad truth about nerite snails is, 30-50% don’t make it. That’s why I stock more in the beginning.

[@woltergrant]

Sawbwa Resplendens..rummy nose rasbora could be interesting. They also have the colored nose and are very attractive. Seems they would be slightly different enough in color and look but similar enough to go well together and look sweet with the separate schools of movement. Hard to say not have seeing the two together. I feel like there is also a chance the look could clash and maybe seem strange. What are your thoughts?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

I think one or another. It’s like mixing regular and red neon tetras.. looks wrong imo

[@jorgemorales4919]

Thanks men to show how fix a problem like that, everything that a saw was guys telling “find the problem look what happened with the water parameters is not a solution put snail and caridines or fish alguee eaters, do yoga, relax, don’t cry bla bla bla etc “, this is what we looking 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you.!!!

[@senyk1]

Do horned nerite snails lay eggs on the hardscape?( like rocks and wood)

[@darrenderousse4804]

They do but not that many to really stand out and notice!

[@dinesh9569]

Love your videos 🎉

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thank you 🙏 please share to support 😉

[@hamishkim2155]

As I told you before, 'Neo Soil' and fertilizer are not used together in Korea. As expected, you removed the algae well. Beautiful TANK :)

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thanks, I’ve been warned by Erkut too and I usually never add fertilizer in the first month

[@AkanitSrisutiwong]

JJ, honestly its Beautiful Diatoms!!!

[@Andrey-Zhuravlev]

очень красивый аквариум

[@luiswicho5301]

I consider Diatome algae is the easiest to get rid of, others it's just a nightmare. I have green algae , and I can't eliminate them yet. But I might discovered the issue, I'm having some problem with the CO2 system. What do you think? Thanks for showing us.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Usually green algae appears when balance between NPK is disturbed. If one of the nutrients is depleted, the others cannot be used any more. Find out the limiting factor and you are one step closer to solving the issue. Of course CO2 levels have to be good at all times and the light shouldn’t be too powerful.

[@bene3445]

Holly Molly that has looked terrible. What has the client said to that desaster? He surely could not know at the end it would look awesome again. Have you left the foam rings on the skylight?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

I removed the rings after the hardscape was in, I kept them to protect for the hard scaping process. The clients knows my work and trusted my words, when I said, no worries - we will get this fixed 😜

[@swaney76]

I have been battling diatoms for 4 weeks now in 6 week old 45p tank with S repens and Monte Carlo. Running co2 and dosing with S- nutrition 2 pumps per day. I have the Twinstar 3 RGB and a electric dimmer that you previewed . Floating plants and fast growing stem plants have just been put in and I have one Otto and 6 A shrimp What would you do with the light intensity and duration in this situation ? Also I have been having to manually suck and clean every day and doing 75 % daily water changes. Tank was showing amonia last week but has dropped down to 0.25ppm now.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Limit duration to 6h/day and intensity to 50%. Get some more shrimps and snails. Otherwise check the silicates in the water. I’m using RO with a additional resin filter to remove as much from the tap water as possible

[@araniranir7492]

Why didn't you remove the protective foil and the foams protecting the lenses? The lamp looks better without

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

I did remove the foam, but kept the film for now as it reduces the light. The clip of the light was from an earlier video 😉 well spotted

[@HeyItsJA]

Great job clearing it up! What a transformation. For stocking, I would add a school of pygmy cories and keep some of the horned nerites. As centerpiece fish, maybe do one or two pairs of Apistogramma (agassizii, borelli opal, macmasteri, or trifasciata) or one or two pairs of Dicrossus filamentosus or one or two pairs of Dicrossus maculatus, or maybe even a combination of these since you have two islands of stone they can use as territories. Obviously, keep water parameters in mind when choosing the fish. Then, I'd add a school of small tetras that complement or contrast the centerpiece fish (reed tetras, tucano tetras, purple/black emperor tetras, penguin tetras, rainbow tetras, pristella tetras, etc.), or maybe fish like coral red pencilfish. If you want to risk heartbreak, maybe you could add one Steve (Stiphodon sp.?) to the setup ;) Can't wait to see how the tank fills in! As always your work is a huge inspiration.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thank you for the super in depth suggestions. I will look into them and discuss with the client. One option for sure is no option - Steve

[@HeyItsJA]

@@JurijsJutjajevs I thought not ;) But I would love to see a setup dedicated to Steve in the future! Your videos made me consider getting a goby someday.

[@ji-d]

영상에 나오는 조류는 갈조로 보이는데 갈조는 생이생우가 좋아하는 조류이니 초기에 새우만 넣어도 됩니다. 그러면 갈조가 금방 사라집니다 ㅋㅋ 어항 초기 때 갈조가 생긴다 싶으면 바로 새우를 넣으면 됩니다. 그때쯤이면 물도 어느 정도 잡혔으니 새우가 죽을 확률도 낮고요

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Im afraid of adding shrimps early, since the filters are not matured and the fresh soil is releasing ammonia

[@costalangel20]

Will the snails eventually over populate the tank?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Clithon snails require brackish water for breeding. Not happening in here

[@costalangel20]

@@JurijsJutjajevs okay, thank you!

[@Bojingforever1]

you said 2 hrs the light , for how many weeks?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Regular light period was 7 hours/ day. To combat the diatoms I reduced the period by 2 hours - which means the light period was 5 hours / day. I did this for 2 weeks

[@Bojingforever1]

@@JurijsJutjajevs thanks

[@annak2575]

Part 5??

[@wiingus]

Was your client understanding during the process?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

All maintenance was on me. I did one large water change every week with manual removal. That’s it. Algae eaters + light reduction, both photo period and ambient light have done the trick

[@miaobinhuang2315]

Why is it green aqua algae guide from their site stating cause of diatoms partly because of low lighting and your advice is to reduce lighting duration or lower luminosity? This is confusing.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Light is always the driving power. No light, no growth. Not sure about the greenaqua approach. In my case reducing the amount of light has helped to slow down the growth of diatoms, while the algae crew has eliminated the rest. Once the tank has cleaned up, I have gradually increased the light period back to 7h/day.

[@miaobinhuang2315]

@@JurijsJutjajevs Thanks.

[@meydioongtavius7691]

How do you prevent 100 nerite snails to lay eggs on the rocks?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Not possible. Horned Nerite snails lay less eggs compared to regular ones. But you have to accept it and appreciate the perfectly clean hardscape on the other side

[@stelthtenau]

Nice scape

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Thank you 🙏

[@stevec9315]

Don’t horned nerite snail lay white eggs everywhere?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

They do, but you have clean surfaces in return

[@stoneysscapes7544]

50 Harlequin Rasbora & enough floaters that you could walk across 🟩🔵

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

I have never seen harlequin and rummy nose together.. will think about it 😉

[@stoneysscapes7544]

@@JurijsJutjajevs There is a great 4 minute video you might want to check out? slow motion + current = I think you will love the way he shot this KZbin video 240FPS Rasboras Harlequins and Rummynose Tetras Dominic Morin

[@romeob4573]

Actually diatoms thrive in low light, so reducing the light is a bad idea.

[@BassManStrikes]

That's not true, they thrive in any light.

[@gaius9240]

That thumb nail! Do horned nerite snails lay eggs like their larger cousins?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

They do, but less

[@alternativeaquascaping517]

But what actually caused it?

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Excess nutrients, little plant mass, ambient light and I was 1 week late with adding the algae crew

[@michaelschmitz500]

Wow ! What an amount of money for snails and shrimps to solve this problem.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

It’s actually not too bad. if you buy animals in bulk, you can safe a lot of money. For a tank this size a proper algae crew is key to keep it long term clean and free from visible algae

[@SmokinMesa]

Now you have a snail problem 🙃

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

horned nerite snails do not breed and are easy to pick up and remove to a different tank when the job is done

[@SmokinMesa]

@@JurijsJutjajevs ah didn't know that, nice one

[@Patrickjk]

Pygmy corys. A lot of em.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

That’s an interesting choice, thank you 🙏 I will consider

[@waterlover]

Don’t add any other type.