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Just snip off all the affected plants. They should grow back quickly with your new CO2.
But if wood is also affected, some Excel or H2O2 might help.
CO2 tank went empty, no time to recharge it and the whole tank got infested with BBA. don't want to do a rescape or change out the plants. any recommendation? will a blackout helps? or must dose excel?
pls advise
Just snip off all the affected plants. They should grow back quickly with your new CO2.
But if wood is also affected, some Excel or H2O2 might help.
Blackouts for BBA is not a 100% hit rate solution, so you might as well just snip the prominent ones off and dose Excel for a few days to help control the algae.
For the first few days of reintroducing the CO2 I recommend that you continue to dose Excel as the plants need time to get used to the CO2 enriched waters again. There's a lag time for plants to react.
Studying the water chemistry and nutrients is a science.
Knowing what plants to get and how to use them is an art.
Aquascaping is a marriage of art and science, the logical and emotional.
-Calvin
is there any type of shrimp or fish that will consume BBA? will yamatoes help? or SAE or oto?
spot treat with excel is the best, when it turn white tamato will eat it.
read from here excel is harmful to fishes. so guess i can only spot treat all my affected plants rite?
excel is not cheap, so spot treat is the most ecconomical way
got it, then i might as well remove all my nanas and java ferns and replace them with new plants. think that's a better way.
Excel is fine and not particularly harmful if you do not overdose by more than 2x. Anyway last week I was treating one of my tank with H2O2 at 2ml/gallon and all BBA/BGA was gone. My yamatos and otos are perfectly OK. I think its about controlling how much you try to dose.
Studying the water chemistry and nutrients is a science.
Knowing what plants to get and how to use them is an art.
Aquascaping is a marriage of art and science, the logical and emotional.
-Calvin
where can i gt this h2o2??? really in need of that
Local pharmacies sell it and a big bottle costs under $5 for a 3% H2O2 mix. I dose around 2ml/gallon and I use spot treatment as well.
Its good if you want to get rid of BBA/BGA/hair-algae on a "one-time" basis, its not for those hoping to get rid of it in the long term.
Studying the water chemistry and nutrients is a science.
Knowing what plants to get and how to use them is an art.
Aquascaping is a marriage of art and science, the logical and emotional.
-Calvin
Originally Posted by the_r0ck
hi rock,
is H2O2 harmful to fishes?if my tank about 980 l, do i dose around 100 ml?is it right?thanks
H2O2 is generally OK to fauna if dosed in moderate amounts. So long as you don't squirt over them directly it should be fine. If you are worried, dose on the lower end, 1ml/gallon or lower, and slowly increase if the algae problem is not solved and the fauna seems perfectly OK.
Anyway its a last resort. I used it to experiment on its potency as an algae buster. I now only have it to clean up my equipment (pipes and the likes) during regular maintenances.
Studying the water chemistry and nutrients is a science.
Knowing what plants to get and how to use them is an art.
Aquascaping is a marriage of art and science, the logical and emotional.
-Calvin
thanks...will try
is H2O2 saver than clorox?
Clorox is Bleach. Bleach is Chlorine.
You can use Clorox out of the tank but I generally do not advise you to use it in the tank. It will harm the BB.
H2O2 is much safer, hey, if you see H2O2 in a first aid kit, it should be alright. I really don't think there'll be much chances of finding a pocket size bottle of Clorox in there.
Studying the water chemistry and nutrients is a science.
Knowing what plants to get and how to use them is an art.
Aquascaping is a marriage of art and science, the logical and emotional.
-Calvin
IME, trimming is the best solution. Keep up the CO2 and proper fertilisation, the BBA should be history.
Chlorox or bleach treatment in the tank is a BIG NO NO!!!
H2O2 can kill sensitive species in your tank, shrimps especially. Use no more than 2-3ml per 50L.
Excel may be fine. But overdosage can have detrimental effects to some fishes and plants.
BC
yea! I used too much and half my fauna died and some of my flore died!!! Be careful to only use 1.5 more than the recommended dosage.... Make sure...sigh....
Can I used H2O2 to quarantine new plants? I want to kill hydra and snails egg.
I should be working not posting
H2O2 good for killing BBA but not for hair algae.
You must do spot treatment for the BBA.
Hair algae is eaten by SAE.
Shadow, Oxygen bleach-H2O2[peroxide] is safer than chlorine beach [sodium hipochlorite]
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