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    Staghorn is so irritating

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    My tank is infected with staghorn and I notice only the low lying plants like glosso and hair grass are attacked. What can I do besides cutting off infected leaves? Any way to remove or impede their growth?

    Will they spread from infected leaves as some of the cut leaves are still in the tank, just too many to remove manually?

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    i believe current over your low lying plants is not strong enough thus causing this algae to grow

    Manual removal is always best for all algae and then you can make all the changes to achieve a good ecosystem.

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    Use a toothbrush to help you scrub the algae away. It helps in a small way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leechaorui View Post
    Use a toothbrush to help you scrub the algae away. It helps in a small way.
    Huh... Tooth brush to brush glosso and hairgrass. You having a big time man!

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    Most of the time blackout is the way to go, but that would not solve the rooting problem, usually is CO2 problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blue33 View Post
    Huh... Tooth brush to brush glosso and hairgrass. You having a big time man!
    For hairgrass, it is "impossible" to use the toothbrush method. For those plants with bigger leaves, this is an option. Cheers.

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