Angus Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Dead!! :happy2: Go Flourish Excel Go!! :happy1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Nice!, What sort of dosage are you using to kill it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Flourish excel makes BBA purdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Thats some good looking algae KP. Looks like you dyed it :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yup, it dyed very quickly :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Nice dead carpet KP! I dose 2x the recommended dosage Godly. In my 75G, i use an initial dose of 70ml, then a 12ml dose on the 2nd and 3rd days, although the awesome red colour starts to show after the 1st day on most occasions, and the 12ml dose isn't often required. Let's see everyone's Red is Dead photos! :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I almost want some now to have that awesome red in my tank :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yes, that is amazing, I wish I had taken photos of mine when I killed it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 hmmm... genetically modified algae.... Patent Pending :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peet Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hi Guys, I am suffering a massive bout of BBA at the moment despite pumping pressurised CO2 into my system. Perhaps my CO2 reactor isnt working efficiently enough.... I have been dosing EI but I think that the fairly cheap discus pieces food (manufacturer unamed) must be very high in PO4 as each time I test it is off the scale of my test kit even though I stopped dosing the PO4 component of my EI ferts!!!!!!! The BBA seems to love these conditions and have colonised any exposed driftwood or gravel it can find... can you tell us how you dosed the excel e.g. straight into the water column, or syringed on to the BBA, dose rates, is it a one off dose or do you have to keep it going.... I am also getting orange snot algea and stringy green algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 certain pH down products use phosphoric acid which gives a false reading on most test kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 My BBA never went red, it just disappeared. I put the excel straight in to the water coloum at 2.5 times the recommended dosage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I like my BBA, but then it's not in a planted tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 can you tell us how you dosed the excel e.g. straight into the water column, or syringed on to the BBA, dose rates, is it a one off dose or do you have to keep it going..... Hey Peet there are heaps of recent posts on how people use Flourish Excel to combat our friend BBA. But to summarise what I do: I follow the on bottle instructions only double the dose, and squirt straight into the water column. BBA is dead within 2-3 days for me It's a mighty foe though, as it always comes back after a while in my tank. Haven't mastered the complete eradication, but i've added a powerhead to increase the flow following advice on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think that you may be right on the PO4 buzz, thats the only time I had really bad algae outbreaks. Problem is that algae cells scavenge PO4 from dead/dying algae, so you cannot remove it all without removing the algae itself. It goes against every bone in my body, and advice that I usually give about potions... but I have used Algae-fix from API with success in the past... An algae scrubber (waterfall a bit more than a trickle of water over some under-gravel plates, with a nice 10 000K light on it) would help, once the algae grows on the plate to a decent amount, remove, scrape, replace the plate, repeat as/when neccessary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hey Angus could you PLEASE post some photos of your tank? :bounce: From those couple of photos it looks like it is pretty awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Joe, here's a photo from a couple of months ago, getting close to how I want it to look in terms of design and planting. Just short of how I want it in terms of growth... (long story for some other time) The CO2 bottle ran out a month ago, and I couldn't afford to re-fill it straight away, so growth stopped. I've had to chop it all back hard right to substrate level and start again, hence no recent photo.. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dachende Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Is that Rotala Wallichi in the background mid ? the tallest green/pink ish stems ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yup, purchased off Trade Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Oh my goodness that is AMAZING !drool: I love the Ludwigia arcuata What are the specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dachende Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I picked some up off trademe myself about 2 weeks ago , just waiting for it to grow out. How does it grow for you ? Are you trimming it as often as say cabomba or equivalent fast growing plants ? Oh, and your tank looks fantastic. A really well thought out layout. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Thanks guys! Specs: Lighting: 4 x 36W CFL under MIRO reflectors (awesome reflectors!) for 7 hours/day Substrate: Normal gravel (no special substrate, just the odd JBL ball under the crypts from time to time) Pressurized CO2 fed into a homemade reactor EI dosing using liquid macros and flourish By Saturday (water change day) the stem plants (including the rotala wallichii) will have reached the water surface, and I trim them back to just below the foreground height. Most will take a couple of weeks to get to the water surface again, so the stems are offset so that there is always a full 'hedge' of stems. Come Saturday - trimming, trimming trimming... :roll: Growth isn't as good as i'd like, I think the available PAR near the substrate isn't as good as it should be. When the bank balance looks better, i'd like to invest in an LED setup, strung up above the tank !drool: But the tank is balanced and happy, so i'm content.... for the time being... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Awesome thanks for that :thup: What sort of CFL's are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 At the moment i've got four Duralux L 36W bulbs, but have used Phillips PL-L 36W bulbs in the past as well. They're the ones with the straight 4 pin base. Originally had four 55W bulbs but I could never get the tank balanced, so i throttled back to the 36W bulbs and never looked back. Based on my experience, i believe that if people are struggling with algae attacks constantly, cut back on the light to a minimum and then work upwards, keeping CO2 and ferts constant. Worked for me mostly (I still get BBA as this post shows, but I tolerate it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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