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Thanks again for the advise mate. All the green algae is now gone, now the plants need to recover from the 2 day blackout, sure they will come back quicly with my nuclear powered dosing! Cheers, Johnny.

Thanks Clive, was a very distressing time, 9 tanks to look after and a full time job, power company were next to useless, even the temp. generator kept breaking down! Total of 12 powercuts over 5 days :( lost my L66's CRS and Royal Whiptails. SWMBO had covered the tank when I got home last...

No reason for the heavy dosing, apart from most threads here always say, add more ferts more co2, so I did :) and the plants seem to love it, when I get the water sorted I'll cut back. Could be the filter causing this, we have had a series of LONG power cuts here sometimes 16 hours(the joys of...

Sorry, been a bit thick not putting the info up, sorry. 60lt tank, 24w T5 on for 8 hours. CO2 in the yellow, approx 2bps. On 2 hours before lights, off 1 hour before lights out. Ferts, stock solution made with 6tsp Potassium Nitrate, 3 tsp Potassium Phosphate, 15tsp Magnessium Sulphate (1ltr...

Will do. What about CO2 and Ferts? Thanks, John.

I have a case of green water, not really sure why :thumbdown: Going to do a blackout first, see how that goes, should I turn OFF the CO2 while in blackout and NOT add ferts? If this fails I have a UV filter that should help, again while doing that should I turn the CO2 off and NOT dose...

Stones in a small glass bowl (or similar) chuck in some miracle grow (or similar), top up with water and leave in a brightly lit window sill, that will grow some for them

Thanks, So basically I can add the CO2 and ferts and dose with easycarbo? this will help combat the BBA..??? Thanks, JOHNNY

I have a Rio180, standard 2x30w Lighting, Juwel internal filter(1500lph), Fluval 305, Korolia 2 powerhead. DIY TPN+ from James website :) and easycarbo. I have it medium planted with crypts, anubais, Hygrophillia, Echinodorus etc. I have some BBA on the slower growers. I have been dosing...

Sorry Clive that should have read doesn't look like spirogyra :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: I'll double my easycarbo dosing see if that helps. Filtration is a Eheim Ecco 2232 and a Koralia Nano. More flow do yu think? JOHNNY

anyone any thoughts on what I can do please? I'm a bit lost at the moment :?

Looking at James Algae guide I'd have to say thread algae, does look like Spirogyra to me :?

I have a 50ltr-ish cube, filtration is around 700LPH, light is low at 11w. I feed with 20ml of from [6tsp of potassium nitrate, 3 tsp of potassium phosphate and 12tsp of espom salt mixed in 1000ml water] 3 times a week and the other 3 days with trace from [2tsp trace in 1000ml water] and daily...

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=745 few closeup's of BBA here I have the original somewhere if you can you them :D JOHNNY

Thanks Clive :shock: :shock: :shock: I do understand that now, very clearly, thank you, I have only some on the glass so far and hopefully, non I can see on the plants. New mix will be dosed as of tomorrow :) Thanks again for the clear and articulate description JOHNNY

so 1tsp instead of half, its that easy? wow:) and if no chage add another 1/2tsp in 3 weeks? Thanks Clive JOHNNY

Tanks are all doing well, but on ALL 8 of my planted tanks I am getting Green Spot Algae, dosing for a 100ltr tank. other tanks have a variety of dosing worked on the same dosing regime 3tsp. Potassium Nitrate (KN03) 1/2tsp Potassium Phosphate (KH2P04) 1/2tsp GH Booster in 500ml water 3x week...

Ok thanks, so basically see how it goes, if it comes back increase the levels again:) Super! Thanks for all the advice:) JOHNNY

Thanks again for the in-depth reply:) The algae seems to have relented now, still overdosing on easycarbo at the moment, now my question is; how do I go about reducing the easycarbo level without upsetting the balance? should in reduce by 1/3rd for a week or two, then reduce by a further...

A thought, would the addition of my reflectors and under dosing of nutrients cause an outbreak of algae like the one I've just had? just lay away last night thinking??? Cheers JOHNNY

thanks, good advice, hopefully I can get some advice on what will be more appropriate so I dont mess up like this again :) I bought the SAE because I like them not just for algae eating, though i will admit they moved up my wanted list quickly :oops: JOHNNY

Fianlly good news, the BBA has started to die off :D and the hair algea is also starting to go, having moved the reflectors seems to have helped, not dosed anything but easycarbo. Bought some amano's and 3 SAE who are in Q/T for the time being, hopfully they will hepl any outbreaks in the...

Thanks again for the advice. Reflectors are now off! still triple dosing the excel stuff. some area's where i directed the dose onto leaves, wood etc seems to be dying back, but some plants it has taken over completely so I will strip them out and see if there is anything I can save from them...

What about potassium permangante? I have used that for snail eggs before JOHNNY

Ok thanks, some of the plants are so bad now, probably just take them out and get rid? Will a bleach dip help the ones that aren't too bad like my anubias? to say its a slow grower its at least tripled in size and doesn't have a huge amount of algae on it. Should I take my reflectors out for...

forgot to add, the algae seems to be eating away at the affected leaves. is that normal? it to the extent now that some look like lace :shock: JOHNNY

ahhh. that long, fine then, forget I said anything, I was expecting result straight away :oops: I'll be more patience. Will a black out help? JOHNNY

Bloody stuff is getting worse been overdosing x3 everyday. Not happy. any other suggestions? Will see about the algae eaters next week. JOHNNY

I don't believe the levels of micro or macro nutrients are being overdosed, I think that that approach is very wasteful. I though that my plants did seem to be suffering so then started thinking about adding the extra micro and macro nutrients. I'm not seeing any algae in any of the other 5...

thanks for the reply. I think i have basically bought this on myself from the reasons you stated above, Dosing once a week with Excel, flourish and Iron everything was going ok, some defficiancies in the plant leaves( i believe) I'm thinking I should just go back to my very low tech approach...

Thats pretty much what Diana Walsteads approach seems to be too, reduce the water changes and let stuff happen, not sure what don't think I read that far yet :shock: Overdosing x3 won't be a problem then, well I guess you wonuldn't suggest it if if was :oops: Cheers JOHNNY

Yeah will do, see what happens, pretty disheartened about this algae, tank was looking great till this started, I suppose I wanted natural, I got it :? What other fast growers do you recommend? Cheers JOHNNY

yeah sorry I wasn't that clear either:) PP is just like bleach solution people use but isn't suppose to damage any stems and leaves as badly, I treat my plants with a bath of this to remove any snails eggs or other nasties. I have only started spot treating the BBA in the last 3 days seems to...

would adding anymore fast growing plants help out? JOHNNY

Thanks what I meant was with the filters was that I strip them down when the flow slows down, I do regular sponge rinsing ect. every week of two. I do have reflectors in which are pretty new. Would stripping out the affected plants and treating with Potassium Permanganate help as well as...

yeah T5's just the standard one, 30w each so a total of 60w so about 1.5wpg yes just easycarbo, no co2 being injected. JOHNNY

Been battling with a bit of BBA see post below, spot dosing seems to be helping with that. Now i have this to deal with? This is from my rio 180 10 hour lighting period with standard juwel lamps, with a 4 hour break Juwel internal filter with 1500lph powerhead Fluval 305 External Filter...

Have been dosing 8ml of Excel now for 5days, when can I expect to see an improvement in the algae dying? Cheers JOHNNY

Yeah I think you could be right Andrew! What the procedure for peroxide dosing? JOHNNY

Has anyone had any success with a Siamese Algea Eater getting rid of BBA?? Was at my LFS yesterday they had some lovely young ones, beautiful fish, my oto's won't touch any plant algae. JOHNNY

Not at all, my kh is the same 0/1 when tested. Thanks for the replies, got some easycarbo from AE today, Excel is nearly gone, see how I get on with this. Cheers JOHNNY

so 8ml daily of liquid carbon is the minimum I need for this 180ltr tank? Thanks JOHNNY

Thanks for the reply:) This is the first tank I have had a problem with, it would seem I'm really underdosing on liquid carbon. It seems that I should be adding about 4ml daily, seems a lot. is that figure correct? My tank is a juwel rio 180ltr, sand substrate with some tetra complete...

I have started to get some Black Brush Algea on my crypts in the Rio 180 tank, seems to be ever since I had the refletors put in its started to get on just the crypts. Now if i take off the offending leaves that will deal with most of it.? now from what I have read, BBA is often found in hard...