7Enigma
Aquarium Advice Addict
Algae
I'm looking for success and horror stories using large dosing (3-6X) of Flourish Excel, hydrogen peroxide, or bleach to kill off unwanted algae. Most notably I'm interested in battling BBA/staghorn that survived a 3 day blackout in my 20gallon tank.
Please post your experiences.
For those that don't know what Excel is: It is a liquid carbon source that will supply your plants the carbon they need to grow in higher light situations. This is very important since if not enough carbon is available, but all the other nutrients for plant growth are, you will most likely have an algae outbreak.
But it also apparently has a secondary use as an algae killer. Under elevated dosing, it will kill several types of algae. My concerns lie with the trade-off of killing algae, and harming my fish (and to some extent my plants).
I'm looking for success and horror stories using large dosing (3-6X) of Flourish Excel, hydrogen peroxide, or bleach to kill off unwanted algae. Most notably I'm interested in battling BBA/staghorn that survived a 3 day blackout in my 20gallon tank.
Please post your experiences.
For those that don't know what Excel is: It is a liquid carbon source that will supply your plants the carbon they need to grow in higher light situations. This is very important since if not enough carbon is available, but all the other nutrients for plant growth are, you will most likely have an algae outbreak.
But it also apparently has a secondary use as an algae killer. Under elevated dosing, it will kill several types of algae. My concerns lie with the trade-off of killing algae, and harming my fish (and to some extent my plants).