Surya
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I posted previously about my redmoor root which keeps getting covered in BBA. Most of the rest of the tank stays clear, except a few tufts on the glass. I have tried to address the core issues by optimising pressurised CO2, flow, halved light intensity, stepped up cleaning a lot and manually removed all BBA. I have also been dosing Excel at standard dose purely for algaecide properties, which has cleared up the last bit.
When I tried Excel previously it worked great to stop BBA, but this wore off after a while. The algae seemed to adapt to it, though I might be wrong about this.
So, this time... How can I use Excel most effectively to keep the BBA away? Should I keep dosing daily, every other day, or just the once a week (perhaps the large 5ml/40l dose suggested by Seachem after a water change?) Or just put it away until BBA comes back, then restart?
When I tried Excel previously it worked great to stop BBA, but this wore off after a while. The algae seemed to adapt to it, though I might be wrong about this.
So, this time... How can I use Excel most effectively to keep the BBA away? Should I keep dosing daily, every other day, or just the once a week (perhaps the large 5ml/40l dose suggested by Seachem after a water change?) Or just put it away until BBA comes back, then restart?