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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / February 2004blue green algae
theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's slowly starting to spread over everything, and I read somewhere on the web that it can be gotten rid of by using a half dose of a anti bacterial fish medicine that contains erythromycin. can anyone tell me which fish medicines contain erythromycin. cheers > theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's slowly > starting to spread over everything, and I read somewhere on the web that it > can be gotten rid of by using a half dose of a anti bacterial fish medicine > that contains erythromycin. can anyone tell me which fish medicines contain > erythromycin. cheers None in the UK as far as I know. I've got the same problem at the moment - I've just ordered an Interpet treatment for it from here... http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Interpet_Water_Treatm ents_15.html Scroll down to the bottom of the page. It should be here today so I'll come back & let you know if it works! Otherwise I did hear that a cause of it can be old light bulbs (which would fit here too!) so I have a new tube coming as well. Its fairly easy to syphon out & the last time I had it I just kept doing that & eventually it just went away. rgds I. > I've just ordered an Interpet treatment for it from here... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > It should be here today so I'll come back & let you know if it works! I can let you know in advance - it doesn't, it is completely and utterly useless. Roger Sleet Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com >theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's slowly >starting to spread over everything, and I read somewhere on the web that it >can be gotten rid of by using a half dose of a anti bacterial fish medicine >that contains erythromycin. can anyone tell me which fish medicines contain >erythromycin. cheers Erythromycin is an antibiotic and only available by prescription in the UK. So you need a friendly vet, doctor, dentist or pharmacist who will break the rules. Alternatively cut feeding to zero for four days. Remove as much of the algae as possible every day. Steve >>theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's slowly >>starting to spread over everything, and I read somewhere on the web that it [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Steve I got rid of mine by keeping the tank blacked out for 3 days, having removed as much as I could, and really ramping up the filtration - it seems to prefer the low-flow areas - the aeration, and the CO2/planting. Course, the plants weren't all that chuffed about the darkness, but they got going faster than the BGA the other side of the blackout. I fed the fish but only a little during the blackout. It needed a couple of goes of this, I'd give it about a week, and if the BGA was coming back, it'd go into darkness again. I now have plants growing like crazy in there, lots of big healthy fish, don't do water changes all that often, and no BGA whatsoever. Oh, and the lights are old (over a year) and the surface is prone to covering with duckweed (damn stuff), so it's not necessarily light level dependent. Velvet > theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's > slowly [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > contain > erythromycin. cheers You can't get erythromycin in the UK with out a prescription, which you won't get for BG algae. The main cause is high levels of Nitrate, Phosphate and/or organics in the water. Test your tap water for Nitrates and phosphates. If they are low then lots of water changes will get rid of them. If they are high then get appropriate chemical filters. Roger Sleet Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com I've been gravel vacuuming the patch of algae for the last few days, and it's been working, what isn't killed on the first go is by the next vacuuming, and all the loose stuff seems to die rather than regrowing were it settles. cheers > > theres a patch of blue green algae in my tank at the moment that's > > slowly [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Roger Sleet > Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com |
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