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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT - links to black soot algae = Gill = pics
But what will stop it from coming right back when I go back to twice a
month? I'm not sure what "cloating" plants are but this tank has a lot of live plants that are fertilized weekly with Flourish or another aquarium plant fertilizer. It aint workin for ya. Diatoms (under low light) and algae (in the presence of sufficient light) always form is there is consistanly more ammonia than plant food. Your fertilizers aren't working for you and if you add more light you'll have green instead of brown algae. If it were me I'd do exactly as Tom Barr would suggest: change 80% of the water for two days then use his "Estimative index" method to fertilize; part of this is a weekly 50% water change. Some fish shit a lot, period, and they either need a way biger tank or more water changed. That is what works for a dozen pencilfish will not work for a 3" puffer. Remove all the fish and add say a dozen shrimp and you'll never have this problem again due tot he reduced bioload. You could add WAY more plants, too. Well fed they'll consume ammonia. Consider rigging an authmatic water draininge or changing system. You hit an NTS wall without one at some smal number of tanks. Step one: rent, buy, beg, borrow or steal a glass drill. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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