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Eradicating BBA
I had a bad outbreak of BBA after an overdose of Seachem Flourish. The stuff
was probably already in the tank, but the Flourish overdose made it spread very fast. I tried starving it, and I tried the blackout - neither was not enough. Last weekend, I trimmed a lot of the leaves that were infested in the faster growing plants. Then I took out the anoubias and java fern and soaked them in a bleach solution. I got distracted, and the anubias was left in the solution for over 10 minutes. By the time I noticed, the BBA was freeling falling off its leaves. Where the plants were soaked for only 4 minutes, I had to rub it off and it took some doing. I also soaked my mopani wood where the BBA had started growing, then scrubbed it with a brush. I could not get it off the "bananas" of the banana plant eventhough it (the algae) was bleached dead. Whatever I could not scrub off, turned white to reddish when it was returned to the tank. I still have it on the dwarf hairgrass even after a very short haircut. But now, my SAE appear to be keeping it under control. Who knows, I may follow in Chris's footsteps if I get fed up in the future. |
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