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Yes, there are ways.
BC
Anyways to beat BBA?
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Gene
Yes, there are ways.
BC
Hint: Search the forums. This question has been answered many many times.
But oh well.
1) Get your CO2 dissolution constant and the concentration in the water 30ppm or higher. This will stop BBA growing, but won't kill the already-present BBA.
2) Physically remove as much of the algae as you can.
3) Optionally- What I did was to blast the remaining BBA with Seachem Excel. They turned red after a day and are easily removed or eaten by Yamatos or simply rotted away.
will seachem exel be harmful to plants, shrimps, fishes etc?
I tried overdosing by just adding to the tank, nothing came out of it. No Yamatos in my tank at that time so I can't comment. The fishes and plants were fine.
My method was to squirt the BBA areas with the syringe they provide you in the Excel bottle, I probably overdosed by triple times. I read there were chemicals in Excel related to cancer treatment, probably this is what killed the BBA. It's similar to the H2O2 way.
Will try out the seachem exel then... Thanks again Terence!
hey peeps...
i also am having troubles wih BBA.
hailing from australia... is seachem excel also known as seachem flourish excel??
besides overdosing.... how do we actually dose it to get rid of the BBA?
e.g. x amount of mls over 3 days or single big dose??
tank is 200L
cheers
Mike
I lose, BBA wins!
But... Now and then I just dip whatever infected decorations/equipment that I have into boiling water. Easy. And nothing gives me as much pleasure as watching the BBA turn from black to red. Thereafter, I return it to the tank and watch it slowly turn white over the next few days. Slow death.
Somehow, the treated equipment/deco stays free from BBA for quite a while. Oh.... you can do the same to substrate too. Just scoop the infected bits and dump them in a cup of boiling water.
But for BBA on plants, your nutrient control must be very good in order to eliminate it.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Cure the Carbon limiting problem and BBA will not growth. Stable 30ppm when the lights are "on" is good if the measurements are correct. Other nutrients have no bearing on BBA.
Regards
Peter Gwee
1) Get your CO2 dissolution constant and the concentration in the water 30ppm or higher. This will stop BBA growing, but won't kill the already-present BBA. --< kinda risky.. the other time my shrimps die of co2 poisoning ,
2) Physically remove as much of the algae as you can.
3) Optionally- What I did was to blast the remaining BBA with Seachem Excel. They turned red after a day and are easily removed or eaten by Yamatos or simply rotted away.[/QUOTE]
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is seachem excel also known as seachem flourish excel?
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wad will happen if there is a overdose? if not 1 times 2 times overdose. mayb 7 times 8 times?
Apparently there'll be an effect on your livestock, plant-wise I'm not sure. Read http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...chem+excel+bba
I do understand the pleasure one derives from seeing BBa die, but not growing it to begin with is really what you seek.
Work on that by focusing on CO2, or alternatively, Excel.
Regards,
Tom Barr
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