Sjasmin888
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have 4 tanks with major algae problems mostly centered on my plants. I have at least 4 species of the stuff and it's completely out of control. Manually removing it is getting me absolutely nowhere so now I'm just contemplating kill methods I can perform outside of the tank to protect my shrimp, snails and fish. I'm thinking about removing all of my plants and soaking them in a plastic tote of water with super high dosages of excel and prime for around 8 hours and then rinsing them prior to returning them to the tank. I've also thought of doing the same but adding algaefix. Does anyone have any other suggestions that may help get this problem under control quickly? Ive already reduced lighting duration, added a 'siesta period, and started dosing flourish excel per directions but it hasn't been helping. Affected plants are red ludwigia, water Wisteria, anubias, moneywort, hydrocotyl, and rotala indica. I may be able to bring myself to dispose of and start over with some of these plants, but hydrocotyl is very hard to find around here and anubia grow at snails pace.
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