Ilminded
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Hello everyone, I am posting this as I am have a problem with BBA (black beared Alega) in my 10 gallon planted tank at work. The plants I have are moneywort (suffer the most from the BBA), Red Wendtii, and pygmy Amazon Sword Grass. I have a male Half-moon Beta, some endler guppies and 3 cory cats as the stock (some pond snails to aid in decaying veg. that when I notice more than 3 I crush and leave as a snack for the fish). I have a DIY CO2 system I change out every other week (1 tbs. yeast with 2 cups of sugar in a 2L bottle) and was dosing liquid ferts. (EasyCarbo was everyday but cut back to twice per week, Flourish Comprehensive which I cut back to not at all, and Easy-Life Ferro that I pipet into the gravel once per week). I am trying to rid of the BBA without using H2O2 so I don't have an accidental kill. I do water changes once per week and have found out the is 0.5 ppm of zinc orthophosphate that is used in the pretreatment of the water supply here (I work for the local water department and I get the water from the plant that distributes the water). With that being said, is there anything else I can do to kill off the BBA? I hear water movement help rid of the alega, so I move my Aqueon 5-15 filter more towards the center to aid in movement and have the bubbler (which is on when the lights are off) towards the Moneywort on the one side of the tank. The lights are 2 CFL bulbs that are one 8 hrs (was at 10-12 before the alega went crazy). The only thing I haven't done is get the water tested for parameters which is difficult as I take care of it at work. Any advice will help out a long way.