Algae on moss

[newihz]

Recently I've noticed some form of algae on my java moss. It's dark coloured and wispy. It has a stringy texture and looks like hair.

May I know some of the ways to get rid of this hair algae? Do Yamato shrimps eat this?

Thanks in advance.

[bennyc]

Yamato shrimp do eat black beard algae but it will be the last resort as i think BBA are not really palatable to them. All other food source have to clean out first. How about spot nuking with hydrogen peroxide 3%? There is a recent thread about the method recently.

[tongyang]

Is hydrogen peroxide safe for moss? I once spot-dosed Seachem Excel when green filamentous infested my moss. Killed patches of my moss too. Resorted to dropping 10 yamatos and algae were miraculously gone the next day.

[Shadow]

hydrogen peroxide will kill the moss as well

[bennyc]

Never heard excel killing moss before. Hydrogen peroxide is bleach so caution have to exercise.

[tongyang]

Full tank treatment using Excel generally fine. Spot dosing onto the moss will kill it.

[newihz]

So the idea would be to dose excel normally via the water column and this will help control the BBA? I did try to use a brush to scrape it off but it's stuck to my moss.

[felix_fx2]

Dosing higher then required by abit is ok. Excel after 1-2 days will dissipate.

[bennyc]

Full tank treatment using Excel generally fine. Spot dosing onto the moss will kill it.

Learn something new! Thanks

Do you happen to know why? From what I understand excel is just liquid carbon. Did not know it has destructive capability.

[tongyang]

It is known to contain glutaraldehyde, which is toxic to algae, http://www.aquariumslife.com/feature...lourish-excel/

[Shadow]

glutaraldehyde is toxic to anything not just algae especially in high concentration.

[li_gangyi]

Toxic to humans as well, I'd wear gloves and be really careful when handling this stuff.

[5stars]

Toxic to humans as well, I'd wear gloves and be really careful when handling this stuff.

Yah, that's why it comes in bottles with child-safe caps.