bba idea?

[Greatsoccerman]

I have bba I was thinking I could take the fish out and just add some bleach to the water and let it cycle for a while. I have plants in there and dirt and clay in the tank too

 

[Nomadu571]

Please don't do that. Bleach will surely harm if not kill anything that's in the tank along with anything put in there after, the filter bacteria will be killed off and you will have to start from scratch. Please do a search on older threads and you will find better methods of control.

 

[Greatsoccerman]

I have searched and done the excel method kie h2o2 method and it keep coming back. I would not fill the tank up w/th bleach but do like a 1 to 10 ratio or something. I know it will kill the bacteria but it will kill the bba as well so its worth it.

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Then after the bleach I would drain and fill it a few times

 

[Talvari]

Yeah, def. dont do bleach. Scrubbing and water changes have always been my go to method for getting rid of algae.

 

[aqua_chem]

The algae keeps regrowing because there is some other imbalance in the tank. Bba usually means excess light fir the amount of co2 available. What kind of light do you have in the tank?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Like 325 watts on a 125 and I have co2 being pumped in

 

[aqua_chem]

Watts of what? T5HO? T8? MH? He wpg metric isn't particularly useful anymore.

 

[Greatsoccerman]

They are t8 daylight 32 watts

 

[Greatsoccerman]

T8 daylight 32 watts

 

[aqua_chem]

So you have 10 of them on the tank?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Like seven with two compact 64 watts.

 

[aqua_chem]

What do you run your co2 at? Do you use a drop checker?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

About a bubble per 2-3 seconds

 

[aqua_chem]

Is this pressurized co2 or diy?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Pressurized

 

[aqua_chem]

Thats really barely any co2 at all. I run 1.5-2 bps on my 40 with ab atomizer. I would expect at least 3-4 bps on a tank that size. Do you have a drop checker?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Oh really? What about night like I don't have it where I can turn it off at night

 

[aqua_chem]

I have a $4 timer setup to turn it off. Do you mean you dont have a solenoid?

 

[Greatsoccerman]

Yes I don't have one