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  1. rusticdr

    Spoke to soon

    Manually remove with a toothbrush as much as u can and as often as possible. Reducing light intensity by raising the lights a bit will help. Eventually they will disappear as the tank settles in by which I mean that ur plants settle in. So just a matter of time. Until then manual removal is the...
  2. rusticdr

    Staghorn Algae

    Think everyone here has already covered most of the areas. Just one thought.. ur plants seem to be growing beautifully. If u turn on co2 2 to 3 hrs before lights on and u still get staghorn algae it may help if u could increase the height of ur lights a bit. From the looks of it.. most of what u...
  3. rusticdr

    Moss has been engulfed help!!!

    Thanks a ton. Got 6% h2o2 today. Will wait till the end of the week though as I did my water change only last night. Will have to do with a 10ml syringe as it's only a small area. Will post pre and post treatment pics. It may be useful for the OP too. Tc. Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk
  4. rusticdr

    Moss has been engulfed help!!!

    sorry to steal the thread. Was wondering whether we just spray 3% h2o2 on moss within water or do we take out the moss and then spray? If sprayed inside water r there any other precautions to take apart from switching off filters and powerheads? I too have green string algae on my flame moss...
  5. rusticdr

    What is this ? an Algea?

    Mostly due to excess light. Even though the watt per gallon is around 1ish ur par levels may be high. Remove as much as possible everyday manually, simultaneously start dosing excel 1x dose daily for 2 weeks and reduce photo period to 6 hrs or increase the height of the lights if possible...
  6. rusticdr

    GSA Problem

    Hi.. seen the pics and ur rocks do show amt green algae. Now what u have to understand is that though ur tank may have cycled by now it's still in its infancy. Give it time to settle down. Through this time u will encounter several types of algae. Mine.. I saw brown diatoms then cladophora then...
  7. rusticdr

    GSA Problem

    Can u post some better close up shots of the algae cos from that first pic it looks more like brown diatoms than GSA which will be nice green discrete spots. And second thing s that ur tank s just a month old.. has it completed cycling? New tanks need time to settle down and for the plants to...
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