thank you all for your info. just curious where you are from. we have rare if any willows in our area. we are west coast florida. thank you for your ideas tho and it does make sense. dont sound stupid at all.
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I have also heard of the willow branch idea. As far as h2o2 effect on inverts, I have seen no effect on my shrimp. On the other hand apistos are bad for shrimp.
I'm in Ohio, not sure how far South they go. If you really, really want some, I can ship you some sticks in a big envelope.
Even though I managed to rid myself of green algae but now what I think is staghorn and BBA has now started up in 2 of my tanks. What the F. I have gone over a year with nothing but some spot algae and some green covering my wood and rocks to hair algae then staghorn and BBA, I've never even seen staghorn or BBA before. What is the treatment for this algae.
The BBA is just starting on a few leaves hear and there but the staghorn is rampant in my hairgrass and some leaves.
The H2O2 has had no effect on these algae. I trimmed my grass down to almost nothing and cranked up the co2 in one tank and I'm blacking out the other tank for a few days.
Any suggestions?????
The BBA is just starting on a few leaves hear and there but the staghorn is rampant in my hairgrass and some leaves.
The H2O2 has had no effect on these algae. I trimmed my grass down to almost nothing and cranked up the co2 in one tank and I'm blacking out the other tank for a few days.
Any suggestions?????
I used 20cc in my 20g and about 30cc in my 38g. The only problems I had was in the 20g the glosso and HC were damaged but have since bounced back.
Just a word of advice, you need to address the root cause and stop with chasing after symptoms.
As you have seen, you are chasing one species of algae to the next.
Focus on the plant's needs.
Then kill the algae that's there.
You are not going to beat it any other way.
Excel can help.
Doing large water changes daily, blackouts etc will also help.
SAE's amano shrimps will help.
But mostly it's follwoing a routine that adds enough ferts and enough CO2 more importantly.
Less light helps more than more light.
Stick with 1.5-2 w/gal for awhile.
Regards,
Tom Barr
As you have seen, you are chasing one species of algae to the next.
Focus on the plant's needs.
Then kill the algae that's there.
You are not going to beat it any other way.
Excel can help.
Doing large water changes daily, blackouts etc will also help.
SAE's amano shrimps will help.
But mostly it's follwoing a routine that adds enough ferts and enough CO2 more importantly.
Less light helps more than more light.
Stick with 1.5-2 w/gal for awhile.
Regards,
Tom Barr
Tom, I've been reading some older info (Krib, Krause's lighting theories)that discusses using less wattage for more time. Does this still fit the bill with your recommendation above for less light, or are you suggesting less duration as well? I can understand reducing light intensity, but still can't reason lowering light duration unless it is for a total blackout. At some point you have to enable increased growth (in this case by increasing the photoperiod) of the plants and not algae.
This latest round of algae blooms I have been dealing with has been successfully contained by increasing (and keeping consistant) CO2 and keeping with 12+ hours of medium to medium-high (2-3w) light. Additionally, I use Salvinia to filter the light in all my tanks, so I would guess that none of my tanks currently have high light. So far so good. Haven't needed any blackouts yet, but I am prepared to do so if things change.
