shiuh Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 hi all has anyone had success treating thread algae with Flourish Excel. i have double dose my tank for 3-4 days now....hair algae still remains...seems to me they are spreading even more...rather than been removed. tank turned cloudy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 2 flying foxes cleared my tank in less than 2 weeks of all algae growing on plants and substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 i got 5 in there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I'm using Flourish excel for plant growth between 2 to 4 times the dose because they are heavily planted tanks. But I've found that the algae comes back if I use any ferts with iron (or phosphorus), so I'm just using potassium and generally keeping it all under control. But I wouldn't expect to see any effect after such a short time because (as I understand it) the Flourish gets rid of the algae by helping the plants to out compete for nutrients and the algae then starves. I used to get outbreaks after doing a good gravel vacuum when I was using a product with minute amounts of phosphorus (about .03%) because the phosphorus that had settled to the bottom got disturbed and distributed through the water column. As aquatic plants have minimal phosphorus requirements it builds up over time, and it's in the substrate because it's heavier than water. So accordingly it was something that developed after several months. My main algae cause is because of the fact I want to see my fish in the evening so they get a daylength which is too long. You could try keeping the lights to a minimum to starve the algae of light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 That is the bind ---less light for algae is also less light for plant and less plant growth to starve the algae. I found leaving the lights on worked best but took time. The siamese algae eaters work best when young and if you don't give them other food like algae tabs or vegetables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Double dose of Flourish Excel worked for me, but it took about a week. Did a really good job and it never came back. Careful though others like Antwan had some stressed fish from it. AquariumPharmaceuticals product called Algaefix (i think) does the trick too, but for me it only ever temporarily fixed it with that product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 thanks guys...i will try to be patient, and stick with excel dosing for a week. couldnt resist trying to remove it manually and hack the plants out. removing thread algae from hairgrass can be a pain in the as*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTam22 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 removing thread algae from hairgrass can be a pain in the as*. I have been putting that off, but now you've made me not want to do it even more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Dude Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I got rid of thread type (I think) algae with aquarium science's algae clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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