Help on saving my plants

**Kenng** · 15th Sep 2010, 08:37

Hi,

My plants seems to be attacked by algae or bacteria.
Can anyone help? I want to save them. Thank you.

Ken

**juggler** · 15th Sep 2010, 09:42

Looks like BBA, very common.
Cut away badly infected leaves, up the CO2 and introduce Siamese Algae Eater to eat them.

**Jungle-mania** · 15th Sep 2010, 10:22

You can use hydrogen peroxide to remove them or seachem excel. I usually use 1 to 15 chlorox solution to clean my plants like anubias and ferns outside of the tank. I will squirt hydrogen peroxide on the stem plants, some might survive, some not. Dose seachem excel into the tank according to the instruction, regulate your CO2 intake accordingly too, else you get an overdose from the excel solution. Check your tank water flow too, it might not be reaching parts of your tank. A clear indicator the bba are dying is that they turn red in the next 2 days.

**Kenng** · 15th Sep 2010, 11:13

Originally Posted by juggler

Looks like BBA, very common.
Cut away badly infected leaves, up the CO2 and introduce Siamese Algae Eater to eat them.

Sorry bro, may I know what is BBA?
Will otto do the job as I had 5 or really need SAE as SAE will grow big and difficult to handle.

**nononame** · 15th Sep 2010, 12:15

BBA stands for black brush algae, EIHO Plant Carbo is another product that is quite effective against BBA.

**pantalonko** · 15th Sep 2010, 16:07

SAE is more effective than ottos in this case. But if your tank is not that big you might have a problem when they grow. Otherwise you can try others suggestion.

**dannyfish** · 18th Sep 2010, 21:48

Originally Posted by pantalonko

SAE is more effective than ottos in this case. But if your tank is not that big you might have a problem when they grow. Otherwise you can try others suggestion.

Does C328 sell SAE? i also need to buy some SAEs to finish off the BBA :O