BBA problem on anubias ....

yea you can use that extra tank, fill it 1/2 way with water. put your plants in, apply about 15-25ml of h202. directly to the leaves. let it sit for a while. then scrub off what you can from the leaves. you can keep them in this tank for a few days and repeat as necessary....a filter or anythign is not necessary just change out 1-2 gallons per day before application of h202.

you still need to find the root cause of your bba.
 
ok thnx a bunch , will be back with results , and to find where s the root ...
 
Hmm I have a BBA problem too. I would give you advice but I haven't cured mine. I was told lack of CO2 could cause it. Which I turned mine off while I was treating Ich on my fish and the BBA spread like fire for that week. So adding co2 might help but hasn't killed any just slowed the spread. I read in that guys signature that BBA can be caused by to much Phosphates and not enough Nitrates. Which might be the problem. I thought mine were normal but when testing my Phosphates were almost off the charts and my nitrates were <5ppm. So if you can get ahold of some nitrate dosing stuff try that. That's what I am going to do.

This is a good source of ferts. http://www.bestaquariumregulator.com/ferts.html It's in bulk so it comes out to be like one 100th of the price if you just buy excel our flourish and stuff. You can dose nitrates with this stuff.
 
bradlgt21 said:
Hmm I have a BBA problem too. I would give you advice but I haven't cured mine. I was told lack of CO2 could cause it. Which I turned mine off while I was treating Ich on my fish and the BBA spread like fire for that week. So adding co2 might help but hasn't killed any just slowed the spread. I read in that guys signature that BBA can be caused by to much Phosphates and not enough Nitrates. Which might be the problem. I thought mine were normal but when testing my Phosphates were almost off the charts and my nitrates were <5ppm. So if you can get ahold of some nitrate dosing stuff try that. That's what I am going to do.

This is a good source of ferts. http://www.bestaquariumregulator.com/ferts.html It's in bulk so it comes out to be like one 100th of the price if you just buy excel our flourish and stuff. You can dose nitrates with this stuff.
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thnx alot for reply unfortunately i don have access to lotsa stuffs in here so i have to do the job with what i can find in here ..
as for the co2 the last time i had BBA ( was way more worse than now ) i had diy co2 and as i discuss it with the fellas in here they agreed that the problem was the swing in the co2 ... so i got rid of it and had to get rid of most of my plants as now i stock with anubiases ... we will discuss to find the root of problem here ...
 
i removed the plants from the tank and put them in a seprated basket with water and applied h2o2 one by one and leaf by leaf and after about a minute put them in the 5g .
now the bba turned to brown but i cant remove anything , still stock on it .. is it normal ?
 
very normal ime. bba is a beast to scrape off. usually the plants scrape first.
 
hmmm... my thoughts? no co2, bba... light is too intense or too long of a period. just my guess. i have learned to beat bba in my non co2 tank by raising my suspended lights until it's gone. then i lower them till i see the first tuft or leaf edge. then raise it again. eventually it worked out well.
 
thnx dundadundun for replies ,
i suspicious to the lights too , seems some of the plants i attached to the drift woods and are near to the light have the worse problem ..
donno how to decrease their intense , maybe put something like a transparent paper or somethin .
anyway it has been a few days since i treat the plants with h2o2 , the bba around the leavz and the roots are turnin light brown but they r still there ,what should i do ? can scrape them off seems they stocked well !
do the treatment again ?
 
if you have something to raise your lights it might help. if necessary maybe remove one of the bulbs. that might not be enough light though. you can put something under the corners of the fixtures to raise it temporarily to see if that helps. if all else fails you can build a stand to lift the bulbs a little. another option is constructing a rig to hang them by a chain or rope so the height can be adjustable. if you have good reflectors you might be able to remove them temporarily to see if that helps. cutting back on how long they are on might help too. a blackout helped me start over a couple times especially when i was switching lights to find what i liked for what i had.

i'm sure the h2o2 really helps especially when it's that bad. i might not stop that right now if i were you depending on the outcome so far. if it kills anything or keeps it from spreading that's a start.

if you are treating in another tank i would attempt to rub off as much as i could with my fingers without harming the plants before and after each treatment. this will give you less to treat and maybe help remove what you killed so it isn't going back into your tank.

just my thoughts. everyone i'm sure will have their own methods. i have not used excel or h2o2 for algae so cannot advise on that. i just adjust light, co2 and ferts to kill algae. it takes more time to figure it out though so you may need a quick fix to pull you through. i don't know.
 
thnx
unfortunately i cant adjust the fixture height , may goin to replace the 2 PCs with one with lower wattage if i find any in here ...
gonna scrape the bba and redo the treatment ...
some of the leavz r in a very bad situation ... :(
 
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