Hi to all Aquatic plants lovers.
I have a problem. My tank was attacked by BBA. And my SAE, Otos and yamatos dun eat it. Any ideas?
Hi to all Aquatic plants lovers.
I have a problem. My tank was attacked by BBA. And my SAE, Otos and yamatos dun eat it. Any ideas?
Hi to all Aquatic plants lovers.
I have a problem. My tank was attacked by BBA. And my SAE, Otos and yamatos dun eat it. Any ideas?
Hi to all Aquatic plants lovers.
I have a problem. My tank was attacked by BBA. And my SAE, Otos and yamatos dun eat it. Any ideas?
My solution: Wash your filter, buy some ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort) and throw them in. Wait for 3 months, BBA will disappear. Advantage: Don't need to clean up the whole tank, ideal for lazy and busy people. Disadvantage: 3 months maybe too long for those impatient people. []
but wait for 3 months, the bba might get out of control.
and do yamatos eat bba? this morning really stressed up, 75% of my shrimps population gone due to co2 poisoning. really make me fustrated. the water also suddenly turn cloudy. why? is it due to co2? Help!!!!!!!![]
yamatos do NOT eat BBA. ONly SAES are known to do so, but you must starve them (i.e. dun feed a single thing for at least 3-4 days).
If you search thru past posts, you should gather that chemical solutions to algae often do more damage than they are worth. Using plants like hornwort and other fast growers to soak up excess nutrients (while keeping up with water changes) will not produce instant results, but it work better over time.
Are you turning your CO2 on at night? What is your tank size, fish/shrimp population, plants, water change rate, water condition, tank age, lighting....?
Have read that SAEs only eat young BBA. If that is true, they'll help prevent BBA outbreaks and help keep BBA from reviving while adult BBA is being destroyed by other means.
Big Herm, three months is the time it takes for the BBA to die out as the Hornwort outcompetes and deprive them of nutrients. That's the idea behind using Hornwort or other nutrient sucking plants against algae. So if it works, the BBA will not be out of control.
You could shorten the process by removing as much BBA as possible first.
Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
my tank age is 1month old.
Tank specs
co2 - using cylinder with diffusor(only on when light is on)
lighting - 102W (pl and fl)
Filter - eheim canister filter (juz using wool and foam)
temp - water and substract heater
using fan to cool down the temp
water parameter
co2 - 1pps
ph - 7.0
no2 - 0.1
no3 - 5
nh4 - 0.25 to 0.5mg/l
temp - 27 to 29.7
daily fertilzer with A1, trace elements
could it be the daily fertilzing i was adding.
er.. hornwort looks like wat?
and where can i get it?
can those ricccia floating on the surface do the job too?
Thanks a lot.
strangely enough, my yamatoes took out the bba on the styrofoam background of my 4ft that was there for like 4 months *shrug*
DEA, intoduce your BBA eating shrimps to us leh. Where u buy them?
Actually, I've read that Yamatos do eat BBA... but BBA is the last thing any BBA muncher will eat if there is any other source of food... including certain plants.
Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
Did you measure your P? If its high, try lowering it with fast growing plants. One thing you also need to bear in mind is that plants will only uptake P efficiently if other nutrients are balanced.----------------
On 9/29/2002 7:56:36 PM
my tank age is 1month old.
Tank specs
co2 - using cylinder with diffusor(only on when light is on)
lighting - 102W (pl and fl)
Filter - eheim canister filter (juz using wool and foam)
temp - water and substract heater
using fan to cool down the temp
water parameter
co2 - 1pps
ph - 7.0
no2 - 0.1
P can also be control with the amount and frequency of your feeding the fish.
intend to buy the test kit. but now broke. anyone tired simazine before?
Hi guys,
Does Teo understand hornwort? Wanted to get some from him.
What is the chinese name for this plant? Or which LFS is this plant commonly available? Thanks in advance for the feedback.
Hi DreamGarden,----------------
On 10/1/2002 12:41:50 AM
Hi guys,
Does Teo understand hornwort? Wanted to get some from him.
What is the chinese name for this plant? Or which LFS is this plant commonly available? Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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If you are getting fast growing Hornwort to lower your nutrient, I would like to suggest that you include some Frogbit. They are floating plants with roots in the water column. With their aerial advantage and root system, they are very efficient for sucking up surplus nutrient.
dreamgarden, Teo knows the names of plants better than us [], he shld have it or y dun u try asking from the forumers
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