Cleaning algae off a plant
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DAVIDFBT
Extinct? Since when?
I have some brush algea on a few of my anubias too, I may try it after I see your results. Good luck. 
It seems like I've turned my BBA into PBA..
It's still there, there's no affect on the anubias so I can't complain. I tried pinching bits of it off but its just as stuck as it was before hand. I'll give it a little longer.
It's still there, there's no affect on the anubias so I can't complain. I tried pinching bits of it off but its just as stuck as it was before hand. I'll give it a little longer.
so wait let me get this right.. you added the peroxide on the plants while the plant was out of water right??
pink bba should soon fall off. Keep treating with peroxide
pink bba should soon fall off. Keep treating with peroxide
Nah the plant was submerged. We ran out of peroxide.. >.>
We have some excel but I'm curious to see what happens with just peroxide at this point.
We have some excel but I'm curious to see what happens with just peroxide at this point.
The original story was just one treatment of peroxide, so I'm going to wait and see what happens before I try to add more.
The stuff is bright pink it can't possibly still be functioning as normal. I am assuming at some point it's going to decay and fall off.
The stuff is bright pink it can't possibly still be functioning as normal. I am assuming at some point it's going to decay and fall off.
Here we use laundry bleach /this one http://www.natoora.co.uk/uk/page_infoP1.asp?code=8557 / 1:3 (1 part bleach and three parts of water) then turn anubias upside down, so that only the leaves would get wet. Keep the plant in there for about 1-2 minutes and then wash with warm water. So far all the algae has came of that way.
Mollies
Lyretail mollies are voracious harvesters but they also would not kill all BBA. They will graze different areas, if you have alot of algae - they will dent it and move on to the next patch. Thrifty little farmers they are! I luv em.
Lyretail mollies are voracious harvesters but they also would not kill all BBA. They will graze different areas, if you have alot of algae - they will dent it and move on to the next patch. Thrifty little farmers they are! I luv em.
