Lucid Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hey All, Quick question to see if anyone has a surefire way or ridding a 660ltre tank of green and black/dark brown algae. it is growing on the rocks we have in the tank and is starting to pop up in the gravel aswell( the balck stuff more so). We are wanting to add, a stack of plants to this tank, but would love to treat it first. it is running two internal filters plus a cannister filter, and we have loaches and eels in this tank. Have tried algae rid before on other tanks with very limited success, and was hoping someone could recommend something other than stripping the tank down and cleaning it all. Cheers in advance B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Chineese algae eaters - as long as they don' become food for your eels. I brought one within 3 days it cleared 100L tank full, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 I get green algae build uo on things in my guppy tank, my fix is to put them in the GBA tank for a day and they do an awesome job of cleaning it, normal b/nose would do just as well, has Mystic still got a few b/nose to try in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 yeah I like snowman's idea. when I have an alge problem I cure it with b/n, put in a female - pull her out and put here with a male / more b/n's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 we have b/n's in the tank, one female normal and two golden, but no joy. have had chinese algae eaters in the past before and they were more interested in the bottom feeder pellets. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 IMHO the bristlenose won't eat the black algae only the green - also SAE's only eat the black stuff when it's small and young unless they're starving which mine rarely are. The best way is to pull the decorations and rocks out and run them under the hot tap then you can put em straight back in and everything will enjoy cooked algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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