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try trimming away the infected plants, try adding SAEs and balance your fert dosage. What is your tank size? fert regime? CO2 level, water change and etc...
Aargh! I cleaned my external filter (after not touching it for 6 months) and now I have an outbreak of green beard algae. They grow on the plants, glass, everywhere.
Can anyone tell me what is the best way to get rid of them. I have a CO2 tank and the temperature is within the accepted green band with a fan blowing.
try trimming away the infected plants, try adding SAEs and balance your fert dosage. What is your tank size? fert regime? CO2 level, water change and etc...
Last edited by richietay; 5th Jul 2006 at 22:55.
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Mine is a 3-feet tank. I have two 36watt PL lamp giving a total of 72w of lighting. I use mineral pellets that you bury under the roots to fertilize the plants.
I don't have anything to measure my CO2 and pH levels but I use a CO2 reactor to ensure all the CO2 is dissolved into the water. CO2 bubble rate is about 1.5 per second but its all dissolved into the water with little waste.
I changed the water, added Biozyme, nitirfying bacteria and even tried two packets of Algone which I bought from the USA that is supposed to keep algae away.
I will probably do another water change tomorrow.
i think you've got to manually remove them. Work hard on it, then crank up your co2 output, maybe to 2-3bps
This is the beard algae I am trying to get rid of. I clipped off the leaves with the algae and also scrubbed the anubias and the red leaves (nymphaea tiger lotus?). However the algae grew back within 2 days and covered the leaf.
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Second picture is a larger shot of my humble tank.
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Last edited by greenaqua; 6th May 2007 at 15:31.
it will be useful if you can provide more of your tank specifications
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