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Getting green algae off acrylic?
Now that I have started moderate CO2 injection in my 40g rift lake tank, most of the algae has died off except for some green algae and possibly blue-green algae. The green spot algae clinging to the tank walls is the most annoying. I have an acrylic tank and using those little white scrubbing pads is not removing all the algae. I've got enough on the front glass now to give the tank a fuzzy green look when looking through it (the water is not green when viewed directly from above). Now to the second most annoying algae, a patch of green fuzz (almost green fungus looking) covering most of my shell bed (doesn't seem to cross over to the coral sand side). This area is also where I feed the fish since the coral sand side has a ton of rockwork and not much swimming space for the feeding frenzy. I'm assuming this is blue-green algae which I know can be killed/controlled with antibiotic treatments. Is there a brand of antibiotics that people prefer? |
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Getting green algae off acrylic?
"Cichlidiot" wrote in message ... Now that I have started moderate CO2 injection in my 40g rift lake tank, most of the algae has died off except for some green algae and possibly blue-green algae. The green spot algae clinging to the tank walls is the most annoying. I have an acrylic tank and using those little white scrubbing pads is not removing all the algae. I've got enough on the front glass now to give the tank a fuzzy green look when looking through it (the water is not green when viewed directly from above). Now to the second most annoying algae, a patch of green fuzz (almost green fungus looking) covering most of my shell bed (doesn't seem to cross over to the coral sand side). This area is also where I feed the fish since the coral sand side has a ton of rockwork and not much swimming space for the feeding frenzy. I'm assuming this is blue-green algae which I know can be killed/controlled with antibiotic treatments. Is there a brand of antibiotics that people prefer? The dreaded blue green algae that can be controlled with antibiotics is like a green slime, not fuzz like. Antibiotics won't help. Sounds more like brush or hair algae. Jamie ~ |
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Getting green algae off acrylic?
well on the tank sides i find a credit card is among the best scrapers to
remove algae there the other prob no idea |
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