stevenht
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Now I have BBA.......everywhere
I got back to dosing excel everyday, my weekly water changes, etc.
I even went as far as to spot treating Hydrogen Peroxide. It did help and some of the algae is turning gray in color. I just don't want to OD on accident and kill off my live stock.
I do have room for SAE in my tank but worried because I don't have a reputable dealer locally anymore, just chain stores like Petco. I don't want to end up with a group of CAE instead.
My tank has been running for over a year now so it's established but I guess some of the plants I bought, brought it in because I've never had this problem. It's pretty low tech but I'm concerned with my lighting. I have a Marineland something Plus so it's pretty good lighting and reaches the bottom of the tank very well for it being so deep (46 bowfront).
Any suggestions? I'm more of a diy person than buying chemicals and treating it that way. If fish will do the job, which ones? If a safe alternative does the job, then what is it? Or if it's just user error, then tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I want my tank back and with new plants arriving in the next few weeks, I don't want to add them and they get it too.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the novel
I got back to dosing excel everyday, my weekly water changes, etc.
I even went as far as to spot treating Hydrogen Peroxide. It did help and some of the algae is turning gray in color. I just don't want to OD on accident and kill off my live stock.
I do have room for SAE in my tank but worried because I don't have a reputable dealer locally anymore, just chain stores like Petco. I don't want to end up with a group of CAE instead.
My tank has been running for over a year now so it's established but I guess some of the plants I bought, brought it in because I've never had this problem. It's pretty low tech but I'm concerned with my lighting. I have a Marineland something Plus so it's pretty good lighting and reaches the bottom of the tank very well for it being so deep (46 bowfront).
Any suggestions? I'm more of a diy person than buying chemicals and treating it that way. If fish will do the job, which ones? If a safe alternative does the job, then what is it? Or if it's just user error, then tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I want my tank back and with new plants arriving in the next few weeks, I don't want to add them and they get it too.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the novel