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Posted by Fishman on December 10, 2005, 4:23 am
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> §tudz wrote:
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>>>Cause is usually phosphates in the water.
>>>Cure that with resins and / or an alternate water source at water change
>>>time.
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>>>Unless you fix the cause it'll keep coming back.
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>>>HTH.
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>> hrm, its only started since I planted the tank?
> then the algae spores came in with the plants maybe...I've battled against
> this and part think it was just the natural progression of algae growth
> and now have a neat lawn of algae here and there....The answer is as many
> plants as you can manage and add plant food...pull out the hair algae on a
> regular basis (couple of times a week at least)...and buy some algae
> eaters as part of your clean up crew - I've got a Plec, 3 Flying Foxes and
> 5-7 Otos...and very little algae
>
> Gill
Gill, I agree with all you say - BUT ensure the plant food used doesn't
contain any phosphates.
If planted thickly & with good lighting, the plants will take out all the
nutrients algea need to survive.
Ancistrus are good algea eaters too, far better than Plecs.
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> I have a bad case of beard alage in my planted tank.
> I've read on the net it doesn't mean my water is bad, and it says a SAE
> would help, I don't have room for an SAE.
>
> I already have 4 octos and a CAE, would using a chemical algae killer
> work? or would this kill my plants as well?
>
> I've used the bleach method of dipping but it just comes back.
>
> any further help?
>
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> §tudz
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