September 2, 201313 yr comment_538080 i research this and after a week of cleaning and scrub they are back.. a bit. destroys my plants. sorry gor the blurry image. cleaning tank. doing a 50% water change just to make sure do we have siamese algae eater or something that can help me get rid of them Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538095 That's BBA for sure - the SAEs will only eat any new tufts so will stop it from spreading, however your best bet is to dose with something like Flourish Excel (note: it'll melt twisted val if you have any) which should kill it off (for BBA I dose slightly higher than the recommended amount) Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538112 That is deffinitly BBA, as said Excel will kill it, I found myself dosing at about 2x dose when I was killing it out of my tank. Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538113 That is deffinitly BBA, as said Excel will kill it, I found myself dosing at about 2x dose when I was killing it out of my tank. Iirc a few people have lost fish double dosing. I dosed as directed and successfully got rid of it so wouldn't run the risk of loosing fish by over dosing. Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538116 In my experience Excel will melt val, but it grows back vigorously once it adapts. If you're running CO2 then increase the bubble count. If not, you might have too much light for the amount of carbon available to plants, so less light will help, as will Excel. Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538117 At the time I was doing it was home almost all day and was prepared to do large amounts of water changes if the fish showed any stress, so I saw that as moderating the risk. Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538118 In my ~50L planted I used a double first dose, and slightly burnt my fissidens so only used the standard first dose on the 160L and mostly got rid of the BBA Report
September 3, 201313 yr comment_538123 I double dosed excel. Worked a charm and had no visible effect on fish Report
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