View Full Version : Argh, Make it go away!
00Smurf
06-24-2008, 1:05 AM
I've been fighting this to no avail I put in 25 oto's no luck lol.
0/0/15 on my levels
NeonFlux
06-24-2008, 1:21 AM
50% water change. Make sure your nitrate is 5.0. Double dose flourish excel. Keep it up. WHITE AND GONE
up your co2 source and reduce your photoperiod by a few hours. otos dont eat BBA. If your tank is big enough try and get either SAE or if its not big then go for amano shrimp/nerite snails.
susantroy1
06-24-2008, 7:38 AM
50% water change. Make sure your nitrate is 5.0. Double dose flourish excel. Keep it up. WHITE AND GONE
+1^^
Excel though Seachem will not comment publicly about it being an algaecide is indeed. When dosed slightly over the recommended amount. Some folks dose 2x the recommended amount. Vals do not do well though they seem to melt when used. but your BBA is done for..
Troy
BoredAgain
06-24-2008, 8:29 AM
I think it's pretty! :drool:
I've been fighting this to no avail I put in 25 oto's no luck lol.
That's insane! That's why you don't buy fish to try to fix a problem with your aquarium.
ws66370
06-24-2008, 8:42 AM
if i am not mistaken he manages a fish store so the otos were probably just stock so no big deal.
if i am not mistaken he manages a fish store so the otos were probably just stock so no big deal.
Well then it's a good lesson. Fish don't fix aquarium problems.
mr.key
06-24-2008, 9:50 AM
I would put in more plants, like three times as many, make most of them moderate light stem plants like hygro... in a month or so the algae will start to be visibly out competed. Make sure to do water changes often to keep the nitrates as low as possible because until the plants are well established (2 weeks) they will not be able to soak up the nitrates that fast and can be swamped by the BBA. Keep up the water changes because as the BBA dies you want to make sure that the tank is not swamped with nitrates faster than the plants can absorb it.
IME killing the algae leads to a cycle that requires algaecide on a regular basis even with water changes. The solution to algae is plants. Yes algae will grow on the stem plants and yes you should put them all in all at once for best results.
irishspy
06-24-2008, 11:19 AM
+1^^
Excel though Seachem will not comment publicly about it being an algaecide is indeed. When dosed slightly over the recommended amount. Some folks dose 2x the recommended amount. Vals do not do well though they seem to melt when used. but your BBA is done for.
:iagree:
Be careful when you overdose the Excel, however. Some inverts don't take well to a sudden increase. Gradually up the dosage, instead.
I'm fighting a similar algae problem. Cutting the light from 10 to 8 hours has helped, as starting to overdose Excel. One thing I noticed: I pour the Excel directly onto the filter's outflow, where long strands of algae accumulate. Just yesterday I saw that the algae had turned bright strawberry red, a sign the Excel had killed it.
(This weekend, I'll be installing a CO2 unit, too. You might want to consider one, depending on your plants and lighting.)