Help with Algae

[Rivercats]

I prefer 1 treatment an area per day and you don't need to do a WC after as H2O2 quickly oxidizes out of solution. Just be sure to turn your filter off before dosing then turn back on 20 minutes later.

 

[jehenry89]

Well that will save me a lot of time lol. I am going to do another one today. The first treatment didn't really do anything. I have off from work for the next 6 days so I will probably do treatment every day. With my macros being where they should be and with the drop checker I just purchased, hopefully I never have to go though this again.

 

[Rivercats]

Most types of algae take 24 hours before die off begins. BBA turns red, pink, or white when it starts to die and most hair/thread type algae turns white or greyish white. Some just kind of melt away. Also every once in a while you might have to treat an area twice for really stubborn algae.

 

[jehenry89]

Ya, I will look and see how it is tomorrow morning...hopefully dieing lol.
I will keep this thread updated for others with this issue!

Thanks again rivercats, you have been really helpful!!!

 

[jehenry89]

After about four treatments, most of it has finally turned white. There is an area on the front glass that is being really stubborn that I will probably do one more treatment on however, it does look as if it has stopped growing. With the drop checker, I realized that my CO2 was a little on the low side, it was a blueish green rather than green or yellowish green. I turned that up until it was a lighter green color. When I do my weekly water change, I am going to clean all the glass which is where most of it was growing and monitor for more growth for about a week before I start messing with the lights again. Fingers crossed I don't see any more!

Over the past week, I have seen a huge improvement in my plants and I have to be honest, I am kind of upset I did not realize this was the problem sooner. My swords have much richer color to them and appear to be growing faster. I am seeing a new leaves forming in under a week of each other. I had dwarf baby tears in my tank for about a month and I was getting really frustrated that they were not spreading. They weren't dieing but they just weren't growing either. I read that they are really hard to grow so I eventually ended up scrapping it and I picked up some dwarf four leaf clover. I am not 100% if this was really the issue but the four leaf clovers are growing like weeds. I like them both so whatever. My snails seem to like the four leaf clovers better, they are always on top of it lol.
Thanks everyone for your help!