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Really helpful Caryl. Just one last question: have you ever used any chemical product at all to deal with algae or to help plants grow?

Oh really...wow...

Wow! Do you grow crypt, java and bacopa with no fertiliser at all?

Okay thank you Caryl. How about the 3 chemicals I mentioned. Folks at Hollywood said they are good for the plants.

Thank you so much for your extensive and quick reply Adrienne. I put fertiliser balls in the stones for the bacopa and either the crypt or java. Can't remember which is which. It would be great if I didn't have to use the fert balls as cleaning the stones would be way easier. Paul

Hi, I've been keeping a 100L tank for several years, but I know so little about algae. My 3 plants, bacopa, crypt and java are really skanky looking with algaes, and the only algae I can indentify is black beard. I've included photos. Does anyone know how make my plants look nicer. The bacopa is terrible. I treat the black beard with Flourish Excel and add Flourish Comprehensive Supplement and Flourish Natural Phytohormone. There are fertiliser balls in the stones. What is the algae covering leaves with a black layer and what is the algae growing like hairs from the edges of the leaves? Would appreciate mightily any suggestions.