spawning help needed!

[CynthiaRae]

So my partner in crime did some more research:
"It is also helpful to introduce tannins with every water change. There are several ways to do this. The quickest way is to let a tea bag soak in the tank until the water gets light to medium brown in color. You can also brew the tea first, then let it cool to roughly the same temperature as your aquarium before adding it to the tank. Use a medicine dropper to add 10-20 drops of the tea to the tank. You can also add tannins to the tank by first microwaving a dried brown leaf for 30 seconds to kill any bacteria, then placing it into the tank." --http://www.cbsbettas.org/doc/articles/Tips_on_Spawning_Bettas.htm

We did this last night with a Roobios tea, as another site suggested, aaaand today I checked the tank and EVERYTHING is covered in a thick clear algae-slime... Ammonia levels didn't change... No idea if the these happenings are related, but holy yuck. The fish seem to be fine though.

[youlovegnats]

ah, yeah I did the tea thing...that's exactly what I got too. Nothing but nasty slime, and no behavior changes in either two fish D:< Sooo no more tea for me. >_<;
I might just get some IAL...does anyone know where I can get some for a decent price?

[CynthiaRae]

http://www.joshsfrogs.com/catalogsea...leaves&x=0&y=0
We ordered some from here, I think it takes about a week :/ Otherwise there are some suppliers I found when looking for spawning info, Google is your friend :D

Totally agree on the tea, NEVER again lmao I think I'm going to clean the tank and start new once we get the IAL :)

[dramaqueen]

I thought about using tea but I don't think so anymore. Eeeuuwww!