I note there are a few historical threads about BBA. Not alot about issues that were resolved though.

I have BBA, getting worse. Nitrates at 0ppm. Has anyone had success in getting rid of this manky stuff by adding Flourish?

I don't overfeed, clear fish waste twice per week so perhaps the phosphates are in my tap water? It's bore water so who knows what's in that stuff.

Any advice would be appreciated as the plants ain't looking so hot!

how are your nitrates at 0ppm????

even with 2 x weekly water changes and a heavily planted tank a 0 reading would be hard to achieve unless you have a ery understocked tank. (someone here is bound to contradict this though)

and yes Flourish EXCEL works wonders on BBA, many threads here on how it works, I think most were resolved (hence the end of the discussion), best way imo is to squirt it directly on it with a syringe.

nice and simple page

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/algae-control/removing-hair-algae.php

Perhaps I wasn't searching with the correct keywords. I know it's annoying when people start duplicate threads.

Test kit showed it went up to 5ppm about 3 weeks in, then dropped back to zero. Been like that since. That's on the no2 and no3 tests.

215ltrs, 4 dwarf gourami, 6 c/loach, 4 ghost cats and a bristle nose. I've been waiting for the level to increase but so far it hasn't. Although it's only 6 weeks old.

Something is out of whack though, brown algae and now this horrid thing. Seriously, my tank has more black curlies that the pits on my overweight aunt.

I'll pick up some flourish tomorrow. Some threads on other forums suggest a mild bleach treatment. No way lol!!

I note though that the ammonia spiked at the same time the nitrates rose, increased water changes and they both dropped to zero.

make sure its flourish excel and yes works a treat ,it doesn't actually say it treats bba on the bottle but it sure does :thup:

Great.

Thanks once again all for the advice. I'll try it and let you know.

Shall also do a better search on other threads lol

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=60611

just be cautious if you have any vals because they will melt...

I just double dosed my tank with flourish but had very little success with it. It got rid of a little bit of what i think is bba in my tank , but def didnt work the way i hoped. I syringed it onto as much as i could and put the rest in the water column. Left it for 7 days but it never turned red and died off. I think i will have to live with it as flourish seemrd to be the most successful treatment i could find.

I just double dosed my tank with flourish but had very little success with it. It got rid of a little bit of what i think is bba in my tank , but def didnt work the way i hoped. I syringed it onto as much as i could and put the rest in the water column. Left it for 7 days but it never turned red and died off. I think i will have to live with it as flourish seemrd to be the most successful treatment i could find.

Are you sure the one you have is BBA and not a type of string algae?

I thought it was def bba, but after tryin flourish with little success its back to the drawing board

nudge, did you turn your filter and airstone off after you dosed excel for a few hours? Also I have heard that some people have no luck using excel on BBA so it could still be BBA.

no i actually cranked the airstone up, my azureus was lying on the bottom of the tank gasping for breath 5 mins after i dosed, i think the double dose soaked up the oxygen in the water. I left the filters off for 15-20mins i guess.

I have also read that if you are dosing excel to kill algae in a non planted aquarium you should dilute it. Not sure why but that is what it said :dunno:

hrmmm you dilute it before adding it to your tank???

Perhaps you dilute it by adding it to your tank.

and yes Flourish EXCEL works wonders on BBA, many threads here on how it works, I think most were resolved (hence the end of the discussion), best way imo is to squirt it directly on it with a syringe.

I hope you're all doing it like this, not just pouring it into the tank. If you are then give it a couple of days to die.

how are your nitrates at 0ppm????

even with 2 x weekly water changes and a heavily planted tank a 0 reading would be hard to achieve unless you have a ery understocked tank. (someone here is bound to contradict this though)

and yes Flourish EXCEL works wonders on BBA, many threads here on how it works, I think most were resolved (hence the end of the discussion), best way imo is to squirt it directly on it with a syringe.

nice and simple page

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/algae-control/removing-hair-algae.php

You tell me, it was in the article you supplied :slfg:

no it didn't it said "Diluted amounts"

i.e. use less in a fish only tank

I've applied a full dose the whole tank. It was on every plant so the syringe was not really an option.

Shall see if any impact is made, and if not, I'll start with the syringe process on larger water changes.

After doin a large wc on mon i have noticed that the bba is slowly disappearing still. I have a few bits here and there but no where near as bad as before. Its not going red and dying off just disappearing

Mine didn't turn red after dosing with excel, it just disappeared after a few weeks, I did have some BBA in a smaller tank that I wasn't worried about and that turned red after doing a 75% water change. not too sure why.

Mine is looking a tiny bit paler, no red. It's more stringy and I've noticed bits are "falling off"

So, something is happening. Knowing my luck, it's probably getting worse :sml1:

I'll see what happens.

It's working. Smaller parts have disappeared and the main area is turning red

WEIRD!!!

Tested before I used excel, ph7.6, ammonia, No2 and No3 all at zero.

Used excel, no other changes

Noticed a gourami is very slow and not eating tonight. PH is at 8.5, Ammonia is at 1.0ppm, N02 is at 2.0ppm and No3 is at 20!

Obviously water change has been done but what on earth has happened!!!