ahelmes71
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have been in a long-term battle with what I guess is "beard algae," the tufty brownish-green stuff that covers driftwood and starts spreading to plants.
I usually pull and throw away all leaves that start to get tufts on them on my crypt or java ferns.
One thing I find myself doing is cherry-picking about 40 - 50 individual gravel rocks each time I clean the tank because there are always a handful of individual stones that have developed a small tuft.
Is this insane, or do any of you do likewise? I don't know what else to do...it seems impossible to thwart this stuff once it gets a foothold. It seems like you just have to manually attack it. I don't think any fish could keep this in check.
I threw my two pieces of driftwood in a bleach/water bucket over the weekend and may try scrubbing them down later. I REALLY hate this stuff!!!!! It ruins plants.
I usually pull and throw away all leaves that start to get tufts on them on my crypt or java ferns.
One thing I find myself doing is cherry-picking about 40 - 50 individual gravel rocks each time I clean the tank because there are always a handful of individual stones that have developed a small tuft.
Is this insane, or do any of you do likewise? I don't know what else to do...it seems impossible to thwart this stuff once it gets a foothold. It seems like you just have to manually attack it. I don't think any fish could keep this in check.
I threw my two pieces of driftwood in a bleach/water bucket over the weekend and may try scrubbing them down later. I REALLY hate this stuff!!!!! It ruins plants.