BBA - has anyone ever successfully eradicated it?

Yea i am successfully killing off some bba right now. I direct dose 2oz h202 via syringe with the filters off and lights on a few times a week. Also, i simply dose 2oz of h2o2 with the lights on and 2 with the lights off. Never totaling more than 4oz per day and never more than 2oz at a time. I have a feeling that this post is confusing. enjoy.
 
Used a double dose of excel for 1.5 weeks and got rid of most of it. Currently back to doing regular doses and it hasn't really gotten worse although I think there are traces of it still left or at least dying (a bit off-colored). I'm hoping I'll never see the stuff again as I move into pressurized CO2 in Jan/Feb.
 
i forgot my usual statement:
unless you fix the cause of your BBA you will never cure it with these bandaid's that we all suggest.

I am battling BBA because my dropchecker was taken out of my tank for cleaning, and then i put it back in several months later. and during that time i did not know that I accidentally unplugged my co2 tank during maintenance...hence the bba.
 
am i the only person who won the battle with BBA without resorting to h2o2, excel and/or removing my hardscape and plants to treat?
 
coach_z said:
i forgot my usual statement:
unless you fix the cause of your BBA you will never cure it with these bandaid's that we all suggest.

I am battling BBA because my dropchecker was taken out of my tank for cleaning, and then i put it back in several months later. and during that time i did not know that I accidentally unplugged my co2 tank during maintenance...hence the bba.
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ok, good point. I guess what happened is a combo of things. One is I am trying a new system and I would think it's not working so well and should just go back to the simple DIY with 2 2-liter bottles I had. I was trying to save myself some aggravation of throwing everything out from the first time..... I will need to reorder the powerhead...

So with this thought, how do I know if I have too much or too little CO2? The tank has been stable (cycled) for quite some time.

dundadundun said:
am i the only person who won the battle with BBA without resorting to h2o2, excel and/or removing my hardscape and plants to treat?
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How did you do it?
 
A stable CO2 level is the easiest way to get rid of it. Also, it may be time to change your lights.
 
I'll add that I had too much light over my 10 g, I cut the lights to 1.8 wpg and added floating plants to shade the tank. and added co2.
 
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