I have two siamese algae eaters but they are not doing a very good job on
these.
I have read an article that says that with a 2 minute bath in this solution
the algae on the leaves will drop.
Almost all the plant leaves have it.


"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Pedro wrote:
It seems to have brown/black algae
Need to clean them.




"Andrzej Konarski" wrote in message
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I am trying to make a solution to clean some new plants I have
bought/will buy.
Som einstructions on the web says to have 1 part bleach and 19 parts
water.
What does this mean?

Dont do it . Yuo can crash your new plant ?
what for do you want to clean plants ?





If it's hairy, black algae (often called black brush algae), C. siamensis
(Siamese Algae Eeaters) will eat it. It is virtually impossible to remove
from plants by hand. Cut off the worst looking leaves, introduce the
fish, and wait 4-6 weeks for most of the algae to disappear. First,
you'll see that new growth is algae free, and then you'll see the older
algae eaten to sort of a blackish residue - you may want to remove those
leaves once the plants have plenty of algae free leaves.

http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/

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