Few years ago I stumbled upon an interesting and efficient way to remove all kinds of micro and hair algae in fresh and saltwater aquarium. The technique use an adsorbant call Metal Gone to first “starve” the algae and a bacteria starter called Right Now Bacteria to consume the weakened algae. Lets see how it works but first, let’s have a look at Metal Gone and Right Now Bacteria.

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The Thorichthys meeki, or Firemouth cichlid, is one the most popular cichlid in the aquarium trade. The Firemouth cichlid originates from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico where it can be found in shallow sandy shores along slow moving rivers where driftwood and rocks are plentiful.

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake estimated to be the second or third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. This large rocky lake is also known to be the second deepest lake (1,470 m) next to L. Baikal in Siberia and and the longest in the world (670 km). Almost 1/6 of the world’s freshwater is contained in this 9-12 million years old lake.

In a previous post we talked about the various biotope ideas for the cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. Before your start setting up your Tanganyika Biotope, you may want to have a look at the videos bellow where you can see for yourself what the real thing look like.