Reply With QuoteYou can seachem excel to get rid of BBA, but reduce your CO2 intake before doing so.
hmmm it did get rid of most of the BBA and nope the moss did not turn yellow thankfully!Originally Posted by Barra21
it became the lush green that it was in when i first got it!
the first mini batch is now in the tank, tied to a small DW
You can seachem excel to get rid of BBA, but reduce your CO2 intake before doing so.
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That sounds cryptic. Reduce CO2 intake?
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hmmm i nv dose the excel direct to tank, cos i find that in that way i would be endangering the whole tank (its faunas in particular), thus i took the plants out and seperate dose them instead
I does Excel direct with a fairly high fauna load, did not notice any impact to them.
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A friend of mine had this argument with me. He said only wash filter once in 6 months. The dirtier it is, the cleaner and clearer the water is. Also, beneficial bacteria will not be able to grow if filter is cleaned so often. What do you think?
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Bro Jeff, what your friend saying is correct. my canister filter since last year july till now still haven wash yet. unless the flowrate is getting slower, or else i will not wash the filter.
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And people wonder why they get BBA, BGA ha.
And then the CO2 must be 30-40ppm and still get BBA?
Sure the water will be clear for 6 months then suddenly the system crash and then...
When you clean your filter, it doesn't mean to make it super clean. It's just take everything out and put it in aged/aquarium water and pat it a little to rid of the mulm and plant debris. Add back in some bacter 100 or other good stuff then plug it back in. Cloudy for a day and super clear for a lot longer with little or no BBA problems.
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It is my guess that the two tanks we saw at the LFS hd not have their filters touched for a long time. They look exactly like the one at a local KL lfs. Everything's a little murky, the mosses have lots of black bits that slowly turns into BBA.
Even when i did not change the water for 8 months, I cleaned my filter every one two months and put a small pack of Activated carbon to absorb the tea colour. The tank looked quite ok and did make me richer by USD200.
No need to argue, results are better. Technique in cleaning is also very important.
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hi guys, my method using excel and the anti algae solution actually worked !
nw my spiky are back to the normal lush, clean green!
cant say the same for my erected... looks dead... but prior to that it already wasnt in a very good condition... maybe it cant survive in my tank =/
will take pic of the spiky as soon as i find some time to do it!
hi guys, just wanna ask something.
As long as the moss is lush type of green , slightly bright green, it should be still alive right ? usually dead moss will turn yellowish/brownish, am i right to say that ?
cos after a few days, the moss still not registering the kind of growth it once had, maybe cos its been 2-3 days only, I will keep a look out! in the mean time hope you guys can help me double confirm the statement above.
anyone can help on this ?
Yup you are right.
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Double confirm? LOL. Ok I confirm confirm for you.
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lolDouble confirm? LOL. Ok I confirm confirm for you.
but i dunno why they arent growing! as in no signs of growing! Even the taiwan moss i put in 2 daysd back are starting the show those bright green fronds! perhaps my spiky are stunted!?!?
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Are the tips light coloured? That's the new growth. Spiky is easy to grow. Give it a little pat when you do a WC.
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yup i know wat u mean... sad to say still no show of growth... even the latest tw moss i put in, also growing liao... =(
did i just killed my moss ?
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Moss not so easy to kill.
It will bounce back when you keep it in cool water and sufficient nutrients. Just be patient.
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i try see how... but temperature is getting a bit on me..Moss not so easy to kill.
It will bounce back when you keep it in cool water and sufficient nutrients. Just be patient.
with a 24/7 fan, it still gets about 29...
think shld add 1 more! see hw it goes...
If you get another fan, the most it can bring the temperature down by 1 or lesser, but you will get your tank water evaporates even more faster.
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