Treatment for Algae Outbreak

[TallTree01]

Te expiry date says 2016. The exact date is etched out. Shifty....

[Urban Aquaria]

Hi,
this is where I got it, as you can see, looks normal.
https://www.livefish.com.au/easy-lif...ent-250ml.html
but this is what they sent me:
http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/...ps84b61a6f.jpg

will it achieve the desired effect? I've called them and they said they won't give refund as it has been too long.

Hmmm... i did a google search online and found another person who also got a bottle with that same label design too:

http://diyfishkeepers.com/forum/show...t)-review-test

Still not sure if its the same product though.

I guess if you want to confirm that its an official product, maybe can email the photo of it to the Easy Life company (http://www.easylife.nl/en/contact), see if they can verify its authenticity.

[TallTree01]

Thanks for the link urban aquaria.
I've emailed easy life. I'll let you all know if and when they get back to me

[tureblue82]

amazon is also selling algexit and the display picture is the one you have.

[TallTree01]

I've dosed according to the bottle, let's see if there's any improvement. I've taken pics of the algae now, then I'll take more at the 4 week point so we can see the difference.

[reeshee]

Hi guys, Just want to add that I had a major green water outbreak some weeks ago in my new setup and I tried a UV steriliser. (I couldn't see much of the stuff in the tank. All green) Water changes were not working as well. I suspect it was due to me leaving lights on for 10-12 hours a day

The steriliser costs me about $90SGD for a 18W version which is quite expensive if you ask me. I hooked it up to my canister filter and within 48 hours the water became crystal clear! I let it run for another 2 days and turned it off. The green water never came back and my water has been super clear since. Now I only turn it on 4 hours on alternate days just to destroy any nasties in the water.

Do note that this does not kill any algae or crap in your tank walls, substrate, rocks etc. It only destroys the crap in your water as it passes through the UV light. Turn off the UV Steriliser when dosing anything into the aquarium such as fertilisers, medication and such as you do not want to risk reducing their effectiveness.

It's a super quick fix for those who do not want to add chemicals to your aquarium with sensitive fauna or flora.

I did take some photos of before and after. Will post them soon.

[TallTree01]

EasyLife got back to me today and I am happy to inform you that it is just an alternate labeling. Hopefully it will get rid of my algae.

[tureblue82]

i gave in and bought a bottle of easy life Blue exit.

Will test it in a few day's time once i do a water change and post the results.

[tureblue82]

Started dosing today with the recommended amount.
Will continue for 4 more days and observe if theres any changes to my aquarium.

[Phillipians]

C328 both shops are out of algexit. I have been popping by the past 2 weeks to no avail... Die die cannot find new stock.

[Gavan]

okay guys. I have an embarrassingly serious algae problem. first, a picture or two

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or three. as you can see, there's some serious BBA(?) going on on my moss, fissidens, as well as GSA and GHA on tank walls. the super-long strands of BBA are because I've been trying to remove as much as I can manually. I have tried excel spot treatment but I don't dare to dose too much because this is a 20L nano tank, and I've got shrimp too. can all the shifu and shixiong help me out here?

Specs:

volume: 20L (33x22x2
CO2: 2bps
lighting hours: 8 hours (trying to carpet MC)
filter: eden501 with Dymax rings and biohome+
ferts: twice a week <0.5ml Flourish comprehensive

fauna:
RCS
1 Starlight pleco
1 Oto
1 SAE
Boraras
Danio margaritas

help much appreciated thanks!!!

[Gavan]

just read Philippians' thread. *reluctantly goes off to do 50% water change*....

[reeshee]

GSA is annoying and never clears completely. You got to get your hands wet during water change and wipe it off with filter wool. It will prob return in a week.

In my case, reducing lighting hours to 6 hours and introducing Malaya shrimps (50pcs) helped.

[Gavan]

GSA is annoying and never clears completely. You got to get your hands wet during water change and wipe it off with filter wool. It will prob return in a week.

In my case, reducing lighting hours to 6 hours and introducing Malaya shrimps (50pcs) helped.

thanks reeshee,

yeah I'm not too particularly worried about GSA. although thanks for the filter wool tip! was using a toothbrush before this lol.

I have several algae "clean up crew" in my tank but none of them are particularly hardworking..

[blu3her0]

Pertaining to thread algae, my group of Yamatos helped to get rid of pretty much the majority of them, after I had manually removed most of them using a toothbrush (friend gave me some thread algae infested plants).

[tureblue82]

recently dosed Blue exit into aquarium to clear hair algae.......seems to reduce them abit but not completely.
Have been changing water twice a week. It does help.

[reeshee]

Gavan, I would like you to try reducing the flourish comprehensive (FC) to once a week and monitor. My buddy had hair algae issues when he started FC ferts. After reducing, positive results was noticed.

Maybe your plants are not using up the FC and algae is partying with the balance

[Gavan]

Maybe your plants are not using up the FC and algae is partying with the balance

hahahahaha partying with the balance. Well okay I'll take that suggestion, as well as cutting my light/co2 duration to about 3-5 hours just to prevent the other stuff from dying back. Thanks for the suggestion!

[TallTree01]

The algexit has worked! 4 weeks on and it's almost all gone!
my camera has broke so unfortunately no pictures. :/
should I continue the treatment as per the bottle until it's all gone or could it be harmful to continue?

[Urban Aquaria]

The algexit has worked! 4 weeks on and it's almost all gone!
my camera has broke so unfortunately no pictures. :/
should I continue the treatment as per the bottle until it's all gone or could it be harmful to continue?

From my experience, once you've completed the 4 week treatment period and can see most of the algae gone, then there is no need to extend the treatment.

I've found that even after the end of the 4 week treatment, the effect of AlgExit will still be present in the water column and the algae would still continue reducing.

I guess from thereon you can just follow the preventative "lighter" dosage as recommended on the bottle (ie. 5ml per 100 liters every 2 weeks) for maintenance purposes... or as part of quarantine procedures for any new plants you may add into the tank.