Mikeyp85 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Anybody have experience fighting it? Do not want to pull the tank apart.., but it's all in my hairgrass and attached to the gravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I've tried fighting it, but I'm still dealing with it three tanks later. At the moment, I yank out hunks when I have the energy, and skip feeding twice a week so the guppies will eat it. I know I'll never get rid of it (not dedicated enough to the battle), but this keeps it under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Use a toothbrush to get some out. Take our the affected moss and sip in peroxide solution and then excel solution 3m eaxhm rinse in ro water. I've affrctively dono this any rid my tank of 90% of the algae. If no shrimp present dose algaefix accordingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 will algaefix kill hair algae? If so, I can just get a bucket/tank and plop in my affected moss, let it sit and then rinse it off and replace back in the shrimp tanks after the hair is gone, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Han uses algae fix. With success. I haven't unless used with the peroxide and excel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Just bought some from Ebay, so we'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Do not. I repeat do not use it on any type of pellia riccia or seaweed wipe moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyp85 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I've heard of Algaefix but also heard horror stories with any livestock especially unsafe for shrimp so I can't use it. Have 5 Amano shrimp and about 25 Blue velvets. I actually started doing the "one two punch". Hitting the tank with an h202 dose at 1.5 ml per gallon. Do a water change and dose excel at 5 ml per 10 gallon. Supposed to hit this algae hard. And I haven't lost a single shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Do not. I repeat do not use it on any type of pellia riccia or seaweed wipe moss. What's seaweed wipe moss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyp85 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I can't seem to find the imbalance. Cranking co2, I don't have high light,and I was dosing ei. Had to be from pulling stuff up and disturbing the gravel. Ill beat this algae but it sure is a tough one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Type**** Be careful with the one two punch. I used it and everything seemed fine for three weeks and all of a sudden I had a few crs and cherries drop dead for no appearant reason. All my parameters were normal and nothing had changed in there environment. It's better to take the affected plants or moss out and do a concentrated treatment. But any type of seaweed moss. Like I listen above will die. Algae fix is safe to use with fish and if you take the stuff out of the tank and treat and then rinse off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyp85 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Ahh really that's a bummer. They recommended 2 ml per gallon of h202 and 5ml/gal of excel. I dosed 1 ml/g of h202 and 3 ml of excel in my 10 gallon. So I was mindful of the possibility of screwing stuff up. Only thing I can see that is messed up is I had a nitrite spike, which is wierd because I made sure to not let that peroxide touch my filter media.. Pretty sure I have a dead fish somewhere in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyp85 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Sorry I meant 5ml per 10 gallon of excel* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyp85 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Can't take the affected plants out because its all intertwined in my dwarf hairgrass and also growing from the gravel. Have to treat it in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I believe I read about someone injecting hydrogen peroxide into problem spots in the substrate. Honestly, if it is there, any treatment to the tank will hardly touch it. You might kill what is aboveground, but what is below will escape. And it will come back. Recall also that your filter media are not the only place for bacteria. The treatment probably did a number on the beneficial bacteria on the surfaces inside the tank. Thus, mini-cycle. The trouble with "finding the imbalance" is that this and a few other types of algae like the same conditions as plants. Much harder to favor the growth of one over the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Just be careful dosing anything into the tank with shrimp. There are treatments made for shrimp tanks by mosura I think. Bba out or destroyer or aomething Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Would you do a bit more research on that and let us know Subtle? If there's one that is safe for shrimp and will kill hair algae, I'd rather use that in a pail, than one that is iffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Yeah I'll find exact name for you guys and post a link with some info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/azoo-BRUSH-ALGAE-KILLER-15ml-Rrserfreshwater-pond-aquarium-algae-control-Remover-/271072473664?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1d2db240 This might be what I was thinking about :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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