Treatment for Algae Outbreak

[cbong]

I recently had an outbreak of BBA and Blue Algae. Used chemical treatment and ALL cleared within a month. PM me if you are keen to find out more. I am not selling, just sharing my new found solution. Just wasnt certain if I could openly share it here

[thebaldingaquarist]

why cannot share it openly?

[bennyc]

i am interested to know. i share eric view, it should be able to share. unless you are making a profit out of it, and since you are not selling. I do not see why not benefit the hobbist circle.

[cbong]

Bought this from NA about 1.5 month back, worked excellently for me [/QUOTE] The long java fern was infested with BBA, after treatment, all gone! The edges where the infestations were are now blackened with dead leaves. As for the blue algae, it was also stubborn for months as it was emitting from the soil, clearly seen at the edge of substrates and glass tank. After treatment, all disappeared and my moss came back alive!!

I carried out 20% water change weekly for four times and each time added the solution according to prescription. No harm on my shrimps and fishes too

I dont sell this but the Easy-Life AlgExit is highly recommended!

[magpie]

Thanks for sharing.

[limz_777]

seem like good review on it too , are there co2 introduced in your tank ? maybe more tank specification ?

[cbong]

5x2x2 with chiller at 26C. CO2 about 4bps well diffused through two inlets. 4 x T5 for 6hrs daily. Only moss & java, so light is sufficient

seem like good review on it too , are there co2 introduced in your tank ? maybe more tank specification ?

[cbong]

some reviews:

http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/blog...les-algae.html

http://www.thegreenmachineonline.com...-algexit-250ml

[thebaldingaquarist]

Nice one.
Anyone knows what is the basis of this product? as in, how it works?

[Ingen]

Just got one to try since the other brand is not very effective in my 2ft haha.

[limz_777]

Nice one.
Anyone knows what is the basis of this product? as in, how it works?

it might have glutaraldehyde , is it stated on the bottle ?

[cbong]

it might have glutaraldehyde , is it stated on the bottle ?

[bennyc]

Just got one to try since the other brand is not very effective in my 2ft haha.

Are you using Seachem's Excel? I am currently using it. Curious to find out the difference in effects. Do update ok, Ingen. Thanks a mil.

[bennyc]

Hi Cbong, is it all it states on its packaging? I am doing some comparsion with Seachem's excel. (P.S. i know excel is not primarily use for algae, but a lot of us are using it to combat algae)

Price wise: they are very close.
Amount to dose:
Excel recommended dose is; for WC 5ml to 40ltr, and daily/alternate days 5ml to 200ltr.
Algexit: for WC 10ml to 100ltr (5ml to 50ltr) , bi-monthly 5ml to 100ltr.

So the conlusion is for Water change the dose is almost the same. On a quick look, Excel may seems to required less, with its 5ml to 200ml ratio, however it is a daily/ alternate days dose compare to bi-monthly.
So assuming you have a 100 ltr (roughly 2ft x 1 X 2, 90% filled) tank in a month(30days), the supplement dose of algexit is 10ml while excel (alternate day dose regime) is 37.5ml.

of course, have to give some credit to Excel, for its CO2 and ability to process FE to a more plant friendly state.

[thebaldingaquarist]

from what i read online (means take with a pinch of salt),
Glutaraldehyde is present in excel.
Glutaraldehyde is included in the class of biocides

listed on the bottle, it mentions use of biocides as well, with salicylates as an active ingredient.

My guess is the salicylates is added to increase the efficiacy of the Glutaraldehyde. its salicylate tolerance of algal cells is discussed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14719825

[AQMS]

Interesting. Camping here for more updates.

[chtan23]

Since Seachem Excel is out of stock. I bought this last friday to try out. BBA slowly disappear from my tank.

[Urban Aquaria]

Just to add on to this thread... i did some reading up on this product online and stumbled upon a research paper done on it.

The research tested the algae cell inhibition efficiency and fish toxicity at different dosage levels:

http://www.rybarstvi.eu/pub%20rybari...Postulkova.pdf

In summary, the researchers tested it at 0.1x, 1x, 2x, 10x and 100x dosage and all except the 100x dosage was safe for the fishes during their tests. So its good to know that actual lab testing has been done to help support its safe use in aquariums at the recommended dosage levels.

[alph]

anyone knows if this will cause vallisneria to melt just like excel does? thanks!

[felix_fx2]

It's safe on fish, not on nerites... Good bye my happy zebra and horned nerites

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