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    Arrgh..BBA! where to get young SAEs?

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    Sh##t! it finally happend, I gots BBA! []

    I think not really a major infestation yet, just a bit around my one big Red Lotus leaf, removed it with my fingers, I couldn't bare to cut off the leaf just yet

    Ok mustn't feed too much now, just changed water today.

    Need to get some young SAEs Anyone seen any around the LFSs
    recently?

    eggz

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    try tiong bahru and pls remove those affected leaves

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    Hi,

    Anyone try using peats to control BBA? Lower ph will not encourage algae.
    Everything that lives and moves will be food for you.
    Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
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    I got mine from Petmart last Sunday for $1 each.

    Seems cheap and they are about 2 inch.

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    On 9/1/2002 1:45:37 AM

    Sh##t! it finally happend, I gots BBA! []

    I think not really a major infestation yet, just a bit around my one big Red Lotus leaf, removed it with my fingers, I couldn't bare to cut off the leaf just yet

    Ok mustn't feed too much now, just changed water today.

    Need to get some young SAEs Anyone seen any around the LFSs
    recently?

    eggz
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    On 9/1/2002 9:15:23 AM

    Hi,

    Anyone try using peats to control BBA? Lower ph will not encourage algae.
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    On 9/1/2002 9:15:23 AM

    Hi,

    Anyone try using peats to control BBA? Lower ph will not encourage algae.
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    Not true. I have cocopeat in two of my tanks. And one of the tank has pH of 6. Still got some BBA. How low a pH are you talking about?
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    Thanks for the tips....I'll go check out Ben's today Petmart's a bit far for me. BTW did you see Ben in today's Life? cool pic!

    One other question, should I stop adding water fert? I've been adding 1 capfull of JBL florapol everyday.


    eggz

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    I heard BBA bloom with too much Fe. The JBL Ferropol may have too much iron in it.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    my pH is 5.6 and there's still some bba on the back wall
    i don't think pH is such a critical factor for algae

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    This sound serious! But what is BBA?!?
    Please don't tell me they are a hair like black algae 'cos I have some on the leaf margin of my E. Rubin.

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    On 9/1/2002 7:58:02 PM
    This sound serious! But what is BBA?!?
    Please don't tell me they are a hair like black algae 'cos I have some on the leaf margin of my E. Rubin.
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    OK we won't tell you just go and snip off those leaves NOW! [:0]
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    On 9/1/2002 7:59:06 PM

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    This sound serious! But what is BBA?!?
    Please don't tell me they are a hair like black algae 'cos I have some on the leaf margin of my E. Rubin.
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    OK we won't tell you just go and snip off those leaves NOW! [:0]
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    Goodness!!!

    I was right, right?!? The Otos, SAE and shrimps I put in on Sat don't seem to want to touch them. Looks like I can only remove the leaves tonite!

    But, how serious is it? What can happen? What cause it? Tell me more!!! Please!!!



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    BBA is the last thing they will eat. You need to starve them. If there are other algae to eat... they'll eat those first. Have read that SAEs eat young BBA only.

    Introducing algae control crew is only one step to solve the problem and will not solve the problem by itself. You need to remove as much of the algae as possible manually and then determine the cause of the algae and fix that. The cause is usually nutrient inbalance.
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    starve means really starve.
    DON't feed a single thing for at least 5-6 days. They won't die, unless already weak from disease/poor water condition, and will have no choice but to whack all the algae.

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    yah, actually I never feed my SAE and shrimps. I only feed very little at a time, and make sure only the other fishes come to the surface. Nothing gets left behind long enough to sink. If the SAE comes up to the surface I stop feeding
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    starve means really starve.
    DON't feed a single thing for at least 5-6 days. They won't die, unless already weak from disease/poor water condition, and will have no choice but to whack all the algae.
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    Wah .. now I know the meaning of starving the fish!
    Cannot imagine starving the fish for 5-6 days!

    I just feed a little everyday and my little fish/shrimps already looked very hungry. [:0]

    You know, I had this bronze cory who had died and guess what? In 2 days, the whole fish was gone! Thanks to my cleaning crew! (kuli loach, shrimps, corys) [] [] []

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    Serious, this is one cast-iron method of getting the algae-eaters to work (and what happens when we go on week-long vacation).

    Fish can easily go without food for up to a week or more. Of course they feed like they are hungry ghost whenever there's food, but that's because in the wild, every opportunity to eat comes only once in a long while, esp during dry seasons.

    Don't pity them. The fast will probably do more good to them and the tank than piling in another batch of bloodworms.

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    I have this single dwarf pencilfish in a 5 litre tank in the office, with 2 big bush of xmas moss. I haven't fed the bugger for the last 3-4 weeks! [:0]

    looks great and healthy
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    True!

    My guppies in my office tank gave birth and I just kept the fries in a 15cm plastic tank and throw them in my pantry without really feeding them.

    Wow! They had grown and none had died! Guess they just feed on the algae and the java moss ...

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    Ok that's it, my fish are going on hunger strike for a few days [] no food for the buggers.

    I put in a couple of SAEs yesterday, these are real small, slightly over an inch (got them from Keong Seong, Havelock Rd. 80cents), and very skinny. Guess what?! when I threw in some flakes for my tetras, one of the SAEs when and ate some

    Hmmm...I wonder if starving the fish (i.e. no food) means that there is less PO4 and NO3 in the water so less chance of BBA growing?


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