Mel Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 So today I went shopping.... (such an expensive habit) got another 7 emerald cories / brochis splendis - that brings me up to 12 now. 4 of the new german imports of royal whiptails 2 "filamentosa" whiptails, although I suspect these are lancelotas -which I absolutely love.(aka. need more). How rude of you ... you could of got these new fish before I visited you yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 What does this have to do with the algae thread? =P It means that P44 is restocking his tank after a few losses trying to get rid of the algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 What does this have to do with the algae thread? =P Catfish are cool. too bad most plecos grow huge and eat plants... MY STAGHORN HAS RETURNED! NOOOOO!!! back to the excel dosing... maybe you need to use hydrogen peroxide... not all plecos grow big, and if they all ate plants they would not be in my tanks... :lol: if you do use hydrogen peroxide, dose the tank as long as you remove all the fish, and then add them back a couple days later. How rude of you ... you could of got these new fish before I visited you yesterday I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the tail extensions on the royals. on of them has extensions that are as long as him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 maybe you need to use hydrogen peroxide... :roll: Let us all be clear here so there is no confusion to those who may be considering taking this advice. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an indiscriminant oxidiser meaning that it will oxidise anything in its path including bacteria, healthy fish cells and plant cells. In addition, it is gone very quickly as it reacts to form oxygen and water so it has limited effectiveness but don't be tempted to use higher concentrations since even at low doses (3%) it is extremely damaging and potentially lethal to the biological filter, fish and plant tissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 yes yes. what jen said is right.... kills algae.. kills plant cells... too much kills fish... catfish in particular. pity it works so darn well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 erm... its coming back! i have just seen it on the plastic bits in the tank. heater, powerhead, and filter in's and outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 NOOOOOO. algae is horrible. My ottos wont eat the brown algae on my congo fern... =[ Nor will my whiptail. The green spots on the glass should go away with reduced photoperiod right? Same as on my anubias? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 P44, with all that light and all that CO2, you will need to be adding boatloads of NPK and trace to avoid algae coming back. Something like: - day 1 NPK (e.g. http://www.seachem.com/Products/product ... brium.html) - day 2 trace - day 3 nothing - day 4 NPK - day 5 trace - day 6 50% water change repeat That increase in light and CO2 has taken your tank from a Toyota to a Ferrari but that mens that any small steering error will quickly cause a crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 My ottos wont eat the brown algae on my congo fern... =[ Nor will my whiptail. The green spots on the glass should go away with reduced photoperiod right? Same as on my anubias? Brown algae/diatoms will often be eaten by otos if the otos are not over fed for a few days. Green spot is normal and a fact of life in a lighted aquarium. You can slightly reduce the photoperiod to reduce it on slow growing leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I add over 5 - 10 mL of flourish comprehensive every 2 days at the very least. tomorrow all the other equipment comes out, gets washed in h2o2 and then goes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_b Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Maybe you can try algae vs algae. By promoting another algae which is less harmful and easy to control like green spot algae, it will out compete the staghorn algae. See this long but informative article http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/foru ... mmary.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Ì got plenty of spot algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 So did I! Reduced photo period, and now its DYIINNGG!!! yay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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