Hair Algae AGAIN??

Yeah, I can imagine, mines not stopping :(, I'm hoping that my pressurized CO2 gets here soon so I can see if that helps >.<, also I was looking at some shrimp to add to the tank :).. but I think I may already have too many fish in it.
 
Pudge said:
Yeah, I can imagine, mines not stopping :(, I'm hoping that my pressurized CO2 gets here soon so I can see if that helps >.<, also I was looking at some shrimp to add to the tank :).. but I think I may already have too many fish in it.
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Although your stock level seem pretty close to full, I think it will handle some shrimps.
 
I hope so, they are neat little creatures, and also I've heard they love to munch on algae! :)
 
My empathy,. Here is what I am fighting. It would not go away. I have pressurised CO2, dose KNO3, KPO4, and KSO4. Change 20-30% of water every week. I test my water regularly for NO3, PO4, and PH. I used 500ml of EXEL. Nothing helped so far.

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Another update. After the end of 4th day, I decided to stop blackout. Most of it can be cleaned by gentle scrubbing with my fingers now. Most of it is gone on the leaves and shells. I cannot do much about those hairs that are within the pile of java moss so I hope they will simply die away and not cause any spikes. Given that my nitrate level is still zero, I think I will be ok.

I'm going to put the timer on for 8 hours, probably cut into two 4 hours (or even 3 hours) periods and see if that also helps. I read from somewhere that leaves really need 4 continuous hours at least to do any decent about of photosynthesis - is there any truth in this information?

I'm going to also cover up the front glass of the aquarium (the other 3 sides are already covered in black) while I am not around. Hopefully this will stop any ambient light from getting in. This might tell me something else.
 
One interesting thing I noticed - the part of the spray bar located nearer towards the front glass seems to have more algae than the back portion. Perhaps my algae is affected partially from having too much ambient light during the day. This room does not receive that much light but ceiling fluorescent light is on most of the time. Hmmm.
 
leocom2000, I am sorry to see that..

What are the params in the tank? and how long have you had it? have you also tried blacking out.. so far I do every second day a small dose of excel, and it seems to be helping a little.. my SAE is slowly eating algae but not the longer strands, I'm possibly going to get some Red Cherry Shrimp, cause' I like them and I hear they also eat string algae, I will update with anymore progress.
 
Pudge said:
leocom2000, I am sorry to see that..

What are the params in the tank? and how long have you had it? have you also tried blacking out.. so far I do every second day a small dose of excel, and it seems to be helping a little.. my SAE is slowly eating algae but not the longer strands, I'm possibly going to get some Red Cherry Shrimp, cause' I like them and I hear they also eat string algae, I will update with anymore progress.
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What else do you have in that tank? RCS will become a nice snack for many fishes. I'm going to breed RCS soon so I'm going to find out soon enough but at least that's what I have been told.
 
yhbae said:
What else do you have in that tank? RCS will become a nice snack for many fishes. I'm going to breed RCS soon so I'm going to find out soon enough but at least that's what I have been told.
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The fish in my signature are what's in my tank, nothing really big enough to "eat" them.. just to nibble;

4 Platy (2 in seperate tank for now)
4 Phantom Tetra
6 Cardinal Tetra
6 Leopard Danio
1 SAE
1 Random Snail (1/4 the size of a dime)

I was also looking to possibly breed them in a 1/3rd of my 10 G tank, then once they are hatched, move the parents back to the 29G, and then repeat as necessary :)
 
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