I am trying to get rid of some brush algea in my 55. This past weekend I did a 50% water change and added some nutrients: flourish, KNO3, K2SO4, and KH2PO4. I also tweeked my DIY CO2 in order to give me a pH of ~6.8 (KH 5). I scraped quite a bit of algea from any equipment in the tank as well as driftwood. I then vaccummed as much as I could.
Just yesterday, I read that I should also do some pruning and bleaching in order to get rid of as much algea on the plants as possible. My amazon sword is pretty firmly imbedded in the substrate, so I left it in and did some MAJOR pruning. I took out my java ferns I put them in a bleach dip for ~ 4min. I have some other plants that I am thinking of dipping but was a little weary on which plants could handle it. Here are the plants I am thinking of: moneywort (bacopa monneri?), scarlet hygro, rotala indica. All are stem plants that are not yet too embedded. Can these be bleached or should I not subject them to this harsh of a treatment? (Really the algae isn't too bad -- it's pretty new. I don't have any SAEs or shrimp to help out though -- can't find them in ANY LFSs. )
Thanks for any tips and/or ideas!!
Just yesterday, I read that I should also do some pruning and bleaching in order to get rid of as much algea on the plants as possible. My amazon sword is pretty firmly imbedded in the substrate, so I left it in and did some MAJOR pruning. I took out my java ferns I put them in a bleach dip for ~ 4min. I have some other plants that I am thinking of dipping but was a little weary on which plants could handle it. Here are the plants I am thinking of: moneywort (bacopa monneri?), scarlet hygro, rotala indica. All are stem plants that are not yet too embedded. Can these be bleached or should I not subject them to this harsh of a treatment? (Really the algae isn't too bad -- it's pretty new. I don't have any SAEs or shrimp to help out though -- can't find them in ANY LFSs. )
Thanks for any tips and/or ideas!!