Ive recently stopped running my DIY CO2 system and planned to convert
to a pressurized setup. It looks like it's going to be a few months
before I get can things setup though and I don't feel like restarting
the DIY system (tired of it!!).

In the meantime, I've cut back on lighting times and stopped
fertilizing. The horrendous algae growth I once had has stopped. The
green water I once fought daily remains gone after my last water
polishing. The tank looks great (albeit with very slow growth now).

The only thing left now is the algae all over my beloved Nana. Will
this algae clear up on its own under the current conditions?
Or should I pull the plant and scrub/bleach one last time?

Chris

"RifRaf" wrote in message
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The only thing left now is the algae all over my beloved Nana. Will
this algae clear up on its own under the current conditions?
Or should I pull the plant and scrub/bleach one last time?


It may not. I had the same situation, too much light for the slow-growing
anubias, so I got the algae growing on the leaves. I trimmed and trained
some hornwort to grow along the surface, effectively cutting the light. The
newer leaves never developed algae, however the algae on the older leaves
never completly went away.

billy

Thanks Billy. Sounds like going ahead and manually cleaning the
leaves is my next move. Like yours, any new growth is clean...in
fact, any leaves facing away frorm the surface are fairly algae-free
too.

Chris

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:55:11 GMT, "WD" wrote:




"RifRaf" wrote in message
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The only thing left now is the algae all over my beloved Nana. Will
this algae clear up on its own under the current conditions?
Or should I pull the plant and scrub/bleach one last time?


It may not. I had the same situation, too much light for the slow-growing
anubias, so I got the algae growing on the leaves. I trimmed and trained
some hornwort to grow along the surface, effectively cutting the light. The
newer leaves never developed algae, however the algae on the older leaves
never completly went away.

billy

Mine got the dreaded green spot algae. Amazingly I had a ton of Ramshorn
snails congregate on the big leaves and they did a GREAT job of munching
away the spots.
I too recently "upgraded" to a pressurized CO2 system. You're going to love
not having to mess with yeast and sugar....

DJay


"RifRaf" wrote in message
...
Ive recently stopped running my DIY CO2 system and planned to convert
to a pressurized setup. It looks like it's going to be a few months
before I get can things setup though and I don't feel like restarting
the DIY system (tired of it!!).

In the meantime, I've cut back on lighting times and stopped
fertilizing. The horrendous algae growth I once had has stopped. The
green water I once fought daily remains gone after my last water
polishing. The tank looks great (albeit with very slow growth now).

The only thing left now is the algae all over my beloved Nana. Will
this algae clear up on its own under the current conditions?
Or should I pull the plant and scrub/bleach one last time?

Chris