showtime Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 How long before I should see algae dying off. I've been using as per the bottle for 8 days now and can't see any improvement at all. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hi Showtime, I'm thinking that you are meant to Double the Dose, if you are using Flourish Excel to treat Algae. Maybe check out the Plant Section, think its got it in there somewhere about using Double the Dose for Algae. Good Luck Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiverJohn Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hi spot, Lyndy is right, most people double dose Florish excel to "knock back " Black beard algae. However you need to take a few more steps to make it really effective. When i did it I also cut my lighting right back, to 8hours, and i may have even turned 1 pair completely off ( i run 3xtwin tubes). Other steps i took included checking Phosphate level ( it was hi) and adding a phosphate remover (JBL PhosEx) I also removed some plants and soaked them in a "Alum" solution -aluminium sulphate available from garden centers about $7 per 500g. 2-3 table spoons in 10l of water and soak for about 2 hours. Rinse atleast twice in fresh water then finally in a bucket of tank water before putting back in the tank. Finally 2x SAE's. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hi flourish excel will dissolve some plants eg valisnera from my experiance with it. Regards Neill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I had a major problem with black beard algae and treated with alcahol and it was a bit of a disaster (caused a massive bacterial bloom) I did a 45% water change and treated with flourish excel at the normal rate. About 2 weeks later the water is a little cloudy sometimes, black beard has gone from plants but is still on rocks (but much less). I notice that light green algae grows a lot quicker on the glass and this usually indicates that the conditions are good for plant growth. I have left the lights as they were, and my E. martii has done the wild thing, and the other swords are looking pretty happy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Kills Riccia as well. Another solution for BBA is Flying Foxes/Siamese Algae Eaters. I just got some plants and ornaments covered with the stuff and they've worked about half of it off in the last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Neil you commented about dissolving Valisnera is this at double dose. Have two tanks that I use excel on but only 1 cap full every second day for 200lts tanks. The twisted Val does seem to be braking apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 I have been using it at the normal rate (7.5ml / 300litres daily) for about 3 weeks. It has gone completely from all plants but is still on the rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Anyone work in a lab? I wanna know what the secret ingredient is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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