Removing diatoms from hairgrass

[id_darren]

Just wanted to share a small tip. I was having a hard time removing diatoms from hairgrass , until I saw a plastic hair comb lying around. It was a toy and tried to brush the hairgrass with it.
It turned to be very effective , after all it looks like hair !

 

[Jaap]

didnt it uproot the plants?

 

[id_darren]

The hair grass was planted 15 days ago so had already some roots , and the comb was not densely packed like the real ones , it was a toy.

 

[Martin in Holland]

otos will like it, also shrimps

 

[id_darren]

I have 4 ottos , and like it a lot. But they prefer to go on the wood and glass areas. They rarely go on the hairgrass for some reason.

 

[Martin in Holland]

Amano shrimp will be a better help for plants, cause indeed otos are more interested in bigger leaves, wood and glass

 

[id_darren]

At the moment my temp is 28.5 , we have very long hot summers here. My rasboras and tetras seem to tolerate it but what about the schrimps ?

 

[Martin in Holland]

I have Amano shrimp in 2 of my tanks here with the water temp even 28 to 30, they don't seem to mind...other shrimp however won't like the high temp

 

[id_darren]

Thanks for the info , I will talk to my lfs.