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[duck]

Need some idea's, suggestion's on how to get rid of substrate algea.
I'm pulling the stuff out every second night,It's really giving me the.
I seem to be getting on top of it but i don't want to keep doing it forever.
I don't have it in my large tank just the 4ft one.

Thanks

[punie]

A constant c02 level mate.
Thats what you need badly.
Fluctuating c02 levels are usually the cause behind algae issues.

Is it BBA? Have found a new way to combat BBA.

Cheers,
Jerome

[duck]

It's not BBA more like a thread algae.
At the moment i'm trying a method that i have read,To use excel directly on BBA,Have just done it tonight see how it works.
I only have a small amount of BBA left due to my slackness to rid of it completely,Only on the equipment.

[punie]

The excel method works for me. All BBA turned red and its only day 2.
I think what you've got is staghorn. Check your NO3 levels.

[duck]

Staghorn in the substrate i don't know.
I'll take a pic of it.

[Brett]

I would be keen to see a pic.

May be the same stuff that I have.

Very hard to control


Brett

[duck]

this is the nightmare

[punie]

Its hard to tell from the pics, but its not staghorn for sure.
Its wierd, it seems to have a runner/root system. Not common by any algae i know.

[Brett]

That is the stuff
and it is a real bugger.

The filaments are quite strong and branching, as you can see from the pics it attaches to objects quite firmly. It has an almost fibrous feel to it, not at all slimy. Grows long compared to staghorn.

Mine attaches to leaves of plants as well and is difficult to mechanically remove.

Have not been able to accurately ID it, other than it is a branching filamentous algea, probably "red" algea although mine is always green!!

If anyone knows how to get rid of it can you PLEASE tell me!!

Brett

[punie]

Brett,

actually staghorn gets up to 30cm long, or so it does in my tank.
To rid of it and most algae, remove what you can manually, do a 50% water change, black out for 3 days (no c02, 100% no light even if it means covering the tank with a trashbag), after 3 days another 20 - 50% water change and now ensure your c02 is constantly 30 - 45ppm (DIY = welcoming Algae) and dose accordingly.

It's worked for me. The most important factor still lies with a constant 30 - 45 ppm during photoperiod. Without that, algae comes back.

[duck]

That last pic looks a bit slimy but it's not just wet.
Mine started to get into the plants,Out with the plant it was then try to save what i can of the plant.
The worst part is that i got glosso growing mad and i need tweezers to get the stuff out carefully.

Jerome
Today i turned the reactor the right way now seems to be working alot better now.
I see what my CO2 levels are tommorrow and post them.

[duck]

My CO2 levels at the moment are around the 17ppm still a long way off i will test again tommorow just to confirm.

[anchar]

I think it looks ok...what is the problem with it Brett? Does it out compete the plants or does it end up getting unsightly?

Andrea

[Blakey]

it looks like java moss?

I rekon it would look sick in the substrate?
GIMME, then it can grow all over my rocks too and look nice and sexy!

[duck]

it looks like java moss?

I rekon it would look sick in the substrate?
GIMME, then it can grow all over my rocks too and look nice and sexy!

You need glasses

[Blakey]

ahah whattttttttttt :roll:

it looks like some sort of grassy stuff! i dunno maybe it looks bad in the tank?

U got a pic of it growing in the tank?

[vishy_100]

Hey,
i may have just found out what that stuf is! we were looking at it today in science(under microscope, cells) anyway apparently it's called sprirogyra and grows in ponds. Hope that helps.
Matt

[anchar]

Hi Ivano,
May I use that pic of the algae in an article I have written please?

Andrea



http://www.sydneycic...nt/?page_id=146

[duck]

You can use the pic Andrea.
Ivano

[anchar]

cheers!