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please confirm againco2=180ppm
my tank parameters
ph=6
kh=6
co2=180ppm
po4=0.5mg/l
no3=40mg/l or more
can pls advise mi wat to do?
currently running on 36watts pl lite.. 8hrs per day.. lite more than a yr old...
please confirm againco2=180ppm
colin | The Wilderness and Forest | FTS
The only factors left are poor tank maintainence (clean up fish poo, detrius that's causing ammonia thus causing algae) and lack of plant mass.
Do you have any fauna in your tank?Originally Posted by ash
yes...Do you have any fauna in your tank?
i have a abt 25 fishes
I have actually clocked an amazing 227ppm of CO2 in my tank with a ceramic defusor before. It is measured via pH/kH graph.
Tank dimensions: 2x1x1 ft
CO2 bps: ~2.5
pH: 6.2
kH: 12
I have tested the 2 pH and kH test kits with tap water and other tanks and confirmed that the kits are not faulty.
All fauna (cardinals, a certain rasbora, elegant corydoras, cherry and yamato shrimps, snails) survived without any sign of stress except the otos which were totally wiped out.
I have since reverted back to reactor and now having a steady CO2 level hovering around 30ppm.
Ash, what is the dimensions of your tank?
60cm by 35cm by30cm
Hair algae are higher forms of "plants". They do thrive in good conditions as plants. Attacking them constantly will hurt them most as does increasing the CO2 a tad bit slowly as long as it is within the fish comfort range.
Regards
Peter Gwee
Hi Peter,
May I know what do you mean by "attacking" the hair algae?
Hi albert,
Attacking the alage means beside, having good co2 range, is to remove them manually by scraping/ pouring hot and boiling water on the wood.
Hope that helps.
If there's a lot on a big driftwood, you can spray Hydrogen Peroxide (3% concentration that can be bought from pharmacies) over your algae covered drifwood. Let it sit (and hiss) for 20 minutes and then rinse off. The algae that are still attached to the driftwood will drop off after a few days (in the tank) - leaving behind a "clean" driftwood.
Hydrogen Peroxide. I thought that was only effective against BGA since it is a kind of bacteria? Does it works on hair algae too?
Thanks.
The algae that I had on my driftwood looks like black hair tufts of 1-3cm. I think this is also called brush algae. I assume this is the type you have.
Hydrogen peroxide works as I described; I did this once only on my 2ftx1ft driftwood and it is now (4 weeks later) still "spotlessly" clean of any brush algae.
[Admittedly, I did pour hot water across the wood prior to application of hydrogen peroxide. My previous experience with brush algae and (just) hot water was not successfull; hence I made the conclusion it's the hydrogen peroxide that really did the job thoroughly]
how much is a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide?
You can try yamato shrimps. They are particularly effective in keeping hair algae in check. Coupled with good CO2 + nutrients, you should be able to keep the hair algae away.
BC
how do i use hydrogen peroxide safely? Is there any side effects?
A bottle of 250ml (6% concentration) will be around $5.
If you use it outside the tank, as I did with the driftwood, there are no "side effects". It's an oxidizer giving out water and oxygen as byproducts. Do a google search on hydrogen peroxide.
If you use it inside a tank (with fishes/plants), you will typically do spot treatment using sryinges. Google for algae and hydrogen peroxide and you will see some writeups on such use. I don't have experience using it in the tank.
Killing it is easy but you need to address the issue as well or else you will be an algae remover for life.
Regards
Peter Gwee
I'm using them out of the tank!got some old driftwood that has algae hair on them. And the wood is pretty dried up but so has the algae hair, which doesn't seem to want to be removed....
I use to have java moss on rift wood it grow total out of shape but what make me suck is that it have black strip look like black moss itself .
when u pull out one strip it will drag the rest of the moss out.
any idea to help this type of mess.
thanks .
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