PETEYPLECO Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 My tank is 600mm deep, 160 ltr cube. pH 7.0, external filter, twin 15w fluro light. I have noticed the taller plants in my tank are developing a blackish grey long algae over leaves closest to the top of the tank. No leaves below say 200mm deep have this algae. Is this just the higher amount of light at the surface promoting the algae? How can I remove this as I dont wish to prune the plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantman Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Flourish Excel will rid of those ugly hair algae. double dose according to instruction and wait for two weeks or so. the BBA will starts to turn pink and will soon disappear. do a 50% water change after that for the next two week and you are back to normal. be aware, they can come back if your water condition did not improve. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Purchase a flying fox or a siamese alge eater. very good for keeping BBA down. Also recomend the Flourish worked a treat for me. Neill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEYPLECO Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Done the dose of Excel and got me two Flying foxes so here goes, fingers crossed. PLANTMAN - what do you mean it will come back if water conditions do not improve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantman Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 hair algae were there in the first place could be due to a number of reason. obvious one will be water change which will sell buffet your water, KH. irregular water change not keeping the right parameter not vacuuming out the dead leave too much or too little fertilser too much or too little sun light or aritificial light too much or too little co2 can cause algae to grow. algae is part of the eco system hense if you have plants, you wil have algaes. the key is to keep it under control. CO2 is necessary in the long run to keep your weed in good competition for nutrience against the algae. the plant may appear to grow but i can assure that lagae is not too far away if one of those steps are not kept balance. keep you plant growing and healthy and algae will be far away. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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