trim away the infected patch.. or best to throw away
trim away the infected patch.. or best to throw away
Depends on what algae you talking about... If hair algae...----------------
On 2/28/2002 3:35:56 PM
If algae grows on a normal leaf plant, just cut the algae covered leaf away.
Now if algae (say beard algae) grows on Riccia, any brilliant idea to remove the algae?
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then keep on pulling it out from the bed of riccia... eventually the riccia will outgrow the hair algae...
Sorry, no briliant ideas but to remove algae the best way is too manually remove them and have better nutrient control.
give riccia hair cut!!!
I am facing the same problem as Jag. What i did is remove the net, took out the green hair algae(can be pulled out) and thoroughly wash the riccia then tie it back with new net. I thought the algae will not come back, but one week later i saw that the algae was growning faster then my riccia.... I dun want repeat this process as it is quite tedious. Please help.
subzero, why don't u put in some otos, yamato/ malayan shrimps or ramhorn snails? Maybe u can also try hornwort, it is effective against bba, no harm trying.
I already have 5 Yamato and 3 Ottos and many malayan shrimp(30-40). That still doesn't solve the problem...
What other fish/shrimp/snail is effect for green hair algae?
subzero, pencilfish, cherry barbs, SAE
Algae can be removed but if the source of the problem is still around algae will tend to come back to infest again. So having siad that, maybe you should review the tank parameters like lighting, ferterlization, filtration and water circulation.
I dun think you should be putting any shrimp or snail since they will like the riccia better than the algae...
Maybe reviewing parameter will be a better choice, i will put in some pencil fish also since it is a nice peaceful fish.
gchoo, my shrimp eat very little riccia, or rather the rate it grow is much faster then shrimp eating it. I like looking at shrimp in tank, they are nice little creature.
Below is how the algae looks like... sob sob..
if pic not loaded, go to http://www.pbase.com/image/1284437
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On 3/4/2002 12:04:20 AM
Below is how the algae looks like... sob sob..
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There seems to be more algae than riccia in that pic you got there...----------------
On 3/4/2002 12:04:20 AM
Maybe reviewing parameter will be a better choice, i will put in some pencil fish also since it is a nice peaceful fish.
gchoo, my shrimp eat very little riccia, or rather the rate it grow is much faster then shrimp eating it. I like looking at shrimp in tank, they are nice little creature.
Below is how the algae looks like... sob sob..
if pic not loaded, go to http://www.pbase.com/image/1284437
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Why dun you do both...remove infected part and review water parameter?
Tell me about it... It's getting more since my last post...
Is it possible to move the riccia into a big container containing anti-algae solution so that at least it will not affect the rest of flora and fauna.
What sort of Anti-algae will you suggest which will not harm the riccia much???
Subzero,
I would not suggest that method either. It will have a tendency to damage the Riccia too. However, I would suggest trying a new batch of Riccia. This time reduce lighting, feeding and ferterlization.
Get rid of the algae before putting in new batch of riccia coz same thing will happen again... Use things like duckweed and hornworth to siphon off extra nutrients away from the algae... When algae under better control then----------------
On 3/7/2002 1:40:20 AM
Subzero,
I would not suggest that method either. It will have a tendency to damage the Riccia too. However, I would suggest trying a new batch of Riccia. This time reduce lighting, feeding and ferterlization.
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consider adding in riccia
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