You can also pull out the moss and put it in a plastic ziplock bag with a wet paper towel in it. Leave it there for about 5 days. The moss will make it, but the algae won't when you return it to the tank. Do a water change and cut back on lighting and fertz a little at a time until you get good moss growth w/o any algae.
Hair Algae on Moss?
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Sounds like a great idea.
Where do you keep the ziplock bag? Anyplace? In the aquarium for heat? etc?
Steve
You can keep it in the tank cabinet if you want to. As long as the temp is similar to the tank temp and the bag is sealed to create a humidor effect, the moss will be fine. The algae can't survive under those conditions and will die. After 5 days, take out the moss and rinse in a shallow bowl to remove the dead stuff. Then put it back in the tank. The idea is similar to doing a tank black-out.
Right on!
Hydrogen peroxide is an excellent idea. I use it for algae control, most frequently. However, I would not "spot treat" (this can burn fish gills if the fish passes thorough a concentrated zone of the peroxide.) I would introduce it, the peroxide, into the water column at the rate of 1 ml p/gal (perhaps the filter intake/output?) Which means, in this case, 1 ml per day, per gal (or, 2.5 ml)l, until the algae is gone. If no shrimp are in the tank, I would even double this, at least until I noticed an improvement, or 2 ml per gal, per day.
It should kill the algae without harming fish and/or other plants.
Regards,
TA
Hydrogen peroxide is an excellent idea. I use it for algae control, most frequently. However, I would not "spot treat" (this can burn fish gills if the fish passes thorough a concentrated zone of the peroxide.) I would introduce it, the peroxide, into the water column at the rate of 1 ml p/gal (perhaps the filter intake/output?) Which means, in this case, 1 ml per day, per gal (or, 2.5 ml)l, until the algae is gone. If no shrimp are in the tank, I would even double this, at least until I noticed an improvement, or 2 ml per gal, per day.
It should kill the algae without harming fish and/or other plants.
Regards,
TA
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