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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / April 2004Hairy Black Algae - Yeeuch!
As subject really - it's started appearing on some plants and it looks 'orrible. Any ideas on how to discourage it would be much appreciated. It's a trop 200l tank, community fish with normal levels on the usual tests. TIA! I used to have this problem, but cured it buy getting loads of "real" plants and a small CO2 device. This promotes super plant growth which kills off the black algae. Terry > As subject really - it's started appearing on some plants and it looks > 'orrible. Any ideas on how to discourage it would be much appreciated. > It's a trop 200l tank, community fish with normal levels on the usual > tests. > > TIA! > I used to have this problem, but cured it buy getting loads of "real" plants > and a small CO2 device. This promotes super plant growth which kills off the > black algae. > > Terry Genuine Simaese Algae Eaters will eat it in moderation. As above encouraging other plant growth helps & if things get really bad you can kill it by dunking the plants in a bucket of 5% bleach solution for about 2 minutes. Not all plants will tolerate this obviously - but thinks like Annubias etc are fine with it. Once you've dunked it you need to rinse off thoroughly in fresh water & then a bucket of water with a heavy dose of dechlor in it - that will kill the last of the bleach if there is any. The black algae then turns white over a day or two & either falls off or gets eaten by fish who seem to like it that way much more than when its alive! I. > Genuine Simaese Algae Eaters will eat it in moderation. As above > encouraging other plant growth helps & if things get really bad you [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > or gets eaten by fish who seem to like it that way much more than > when its alive! Intersting - I'll try that for the novelty alone.... :o) >As subject really - it's started appearing on some plants and it looks >'orrible. Any ideas on how to discourage it would be much appreciated. >It's a trop 200l tank, community fish with normal levels on the usual >tests. > >TIA! Tends to be a sign of possible overfeeding, with too much nitrate in the water, try cutting down the feeding and possibly fitting a nitrate remover filter or pad Brian |
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