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    Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

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    Two of my mini fiss on lava rock has been affected and i took them out. Any chemicals i can soak them in to melt the algae away?i like it fast if not i will put all the affected plants at the breeding box and i buy yamatos this is my last resort.thanks for reading

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Bleach solution. Just make sure the bleach solution is all gone before you put them back in, but you should already know that

    Try mollies. They cleared up the hair algae issue I had.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Oh mollies also can i didnt knw

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    American Flag Fish works as well and so do Rosy Barbs. Some moss might get pulled out as a result.

    After the bleach solution, flush it lots of times and soak in anti-chlorine soultion as well.
    Suckerfish no eat poo poo.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Erm bleach solution as in the on used for my laundry?

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Yes, the unscented types. Just pour in enough to have the swimming pool smell.

    When the algae has turned white or looks like it's dead/coming off the equipment, wash them equipment throughly and soak in water with anti-chlorine.

    They're ready to be returned to the tank when you cannot smell chlorine on the equipment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by |squee| View Post
    Yes, the unscented types. Just pour in enough to have the swimming pool smell.

    When the algae has turned white or looks like it's dead/coming off the equipment, wash them equipment throughly and soak in water with anti-chlorine.

    They're ready to be returned to the tank when you cannot smell chlorine on the equipment.
    Don't soak too long or your mini fissiden will die. Do a 1 part bleach 20 part water solution and soak for about 1 min then rinse it and soak in dechlorinator with double or triple dose.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    You can also use H2O2 which is much friendlier than bleach, you don't even need to wash. You can get H2O2 from pharmacy like Watson or Guardian.
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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Quote Originally Posted by jeffteo View Post
    Don't soak too long or your mini fissiden will die. Do a 1 part bleach 20 part water solution and soak for about 1 min then rinse it and soak in dechlorinator with double or triple dose.

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    My bad, I thought he was talking about the rocks instead. Since there's plants involved please follow jeffteo's instructions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    You can also use H2O2 which is much friendlier than bleach, you don't even need to wash. You can get H2O2 from pharmacy like Watson or Guardian.
    H2o2 need to turn off filter else cannot have much effect.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Is the infected area very large? IFf it affects only a few fronds of the mini fissiden just manually remove it. Chemical may hurt your shrimps.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    bleach confirm will hurt if not clean properly, H2O2 also if overdose problem is have to try and error your self
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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    As I am done with my project I shall put here I have made a tank of Yamato shrimps and I put all my infected plants inside to my surprise the next day all gone super hardworking man!! If anyone has hair algae infected plants do contact me I help you put in my Yamato tank for free just pass it to me no need chemical warfare. This is num 96701405 I can be watssapped

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    You can also use H2O2 which is much friendlier than bleach, you don't even need to wash. You can get H2O2 from pharmacy like Watson or Guardian.
    Bro what is H2O2?

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    H2O2 is the chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Quote Originally Posted by xconnect. View Post
    As I am done with my project I shall put here I have made a tank of Yamato shrimps and I put all my infected plants inside to my surprise the next day all gone super hardworking man!! If anyone has hair algae infected plants do contact me I help you put in my Yamato tank for free just pass it to me no need chemical warfare. This is num 96701405 I can be watssapped
    Yes agree! Yamato shrimp is effective in eating hair algae. I had similar problem with my fissiden. After I popped a few Yamato inside, the algae was gone in couple of days. Beware you dont keep big fishes inside though as the big fishes will eat the shrimps.

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    gotten 6 yamatos to try, didn't see hair algae finish up, should i get some more?

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    My 2 Yamato so lazy. Don't want to eat hair algae. So useless. End up trying hydrogen peroxide

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    Re: Is there anti hair algae liquid that melts it away? And where i can buy

    Quote Originally Posted by limz_777 View Post
    gotten 6 yamatos to try, didn't see hair algae finish up, should i get some more?
    Were there other sources of food in the tank? One way to try is to reduce feeding amount/interval. Once the shrimps get hungry, they'll eat anything

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