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    Help please... is this algae?

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    The furry algae is booming everywhere in my tank... They are hard to remove and they stick on the place where they grow. My plants' leaves are damage when I pull them off...
    What kind of algae is this? and how do I remove or make them disappear?


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    BBA... Go pharmacy buy hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and use a syringe to inject directly on them..
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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    ... the whole tank is infected... even the water and air tube and the artificial back wall...

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    what is your tank setup spec and parameter? there are many way to kill it but it will comeback if you did not fix the root cause
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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    SAE loves black beard algae
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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Overdose excel into the tank and you will see the algae change colour.

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    The algae looks kind of nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheetf View Post
    Overdose excel into the tank and you will see the algae change colour.
    Agree on that, but their greenish now.
    A excel spot dosing and keeping higher WC regime would help.
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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    I had them before. Frequent WC may help.

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Will spot dosing kill shrimps?

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Just fan the shrimps away before spot dosing.

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Where to buy SAEs?

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Seaview have some ...the last time when I saw in August.
    Current tank : 2ft / Bogwood with plants / 7 cherry barbs / 1 C.pandas / 4 C.Sterbais / 3 C.Trillineus / 4- AFR fries ; 3 AFR adults (2 males 1 female) / 1 nerite snail

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    Do frequent wc. I saw SAE at seaview last week.

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    Re: Help please... is this algae?

    I just got a bottle of hydrogen peroxide(3%). Do I need to dilute with water before doing spot dosing?

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    Help please... is this algae?

    Rexxer,

    No need to dilute. Off filter during spot dosing. Wait a few minutes then in back.
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