black beard algae

[nudge]

sorry smidez no credit on me ph, fri is cool. i'll be @ work till 4thirts but the missus will prob be hm drop me a txt when u know what time you will be in town

[Angus]

nudge, go to this link, it has some info on dosing and a spectacular result photo!

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59601

(hope the link works...)

Note: In my experience, it's a temporary fix. BBA eventually returns in my tank. It'll be a slight imbalance but i'm not bothered by it.

HTH

[nudge]

cool thanks angus, all the info i have found on using florish has been in planted tanks where the plants make use of the excel, but as my tank has no plants do i leave the excel in the tank till the next wc or do a wc a couple of days after dosing the tank?

[smidey]

i just did WC's as normal, it took a couple or three days for the BBA to go red a start dying off.

[Angus]

Plants or no plants, double dosing of F.Excel will work in killing BBA. I'd follow the course, i.e. as many double doses as it takes to start to see the awesome red colour before doing a water change. In my case, usually 2-3 doses does the trick (one large dose followed by much smaller doses). I've never had a fish death due to the double dosing, but I strictly stick to the recommended amounts given on the bottle - except for doubling them

Doing a water change during the dosing will dilute the effectiveness of the treatment and render it useless. My recommendation: get the red colour, wait another day, then do a water change if you are so keen.