I started to have BBA, Green Dust Algae, Green Spot Algae growing for the past month. Nothing concerning and I put that on the back of the partial rescape, ~80% change of soil and removal of many fast growing plants. Tanks is (was, if you consider the rescape) one year and half old. I have gone through all the common remedies when dealing with BBA (increase Co2, improve water flow etc ). I would say things were under control.
BBA has noticeably increased in the past 2 weeks and I am becoming concerned as I have many delicate slow growing plants. I also started to dose CaSO42 two weeks ago in order to re-mineralise the water since I am now full RO. This BBA increase coincides with the CaSO4 addition.
I have used the dilute bleach treatment to dip bucep and anubias to kill the BBA on some plants but I can't do that to all plants and certain hardscape. I don't really like use Hydrogen Peroxide as it is quite aggressive and could easily damage or kill some of the plants. I have tried that on some hardscape but it is not as effective as I would like.
I am currently dosing APT complete.
So the question is, can calcium trigger or at least accelerate the growth of BBA?
What would be the best full tank treatment in this situation? I know fixing the source of the problem is the first thing to do but I also need to take preemptive measures so that I don't end up having to trim heavily infected leaves.
If this serves any purpose, the tank plant population:
- Anubias (3 or 4 different species)
- Bucephalandra (around 10 different species)
- Microsorum (needle, narrow)
- Eriocaulon (Quinquangulare, Udonthani, Lineare, Vietnam)
- Echinodorus Aflame Purple Knight Red Amazon Sword
- Hygrophila Sp. Chai
and a pictures:
BBA has noticeably increased in the past 2 weeks and I am becoming concerned as I have many delicate slow growing plants. I also started to dose CaSO42 two weeks ago in order to re-mineralise the water since I am now full RO. This BBA increase coincides with the CaSO4 addition.
I have used the dilute bleach treatment to dip bucep and anubias to kill the BBA on some plants but I can't do that to all plants and certain hardscape. I don't really like use Hydrogen Peroxide as it is quite aggressive and could easily damage or kill some of the plants. I have tried that on some hardscape but it is not as effective as I would like.
I am currently dosing APT complete.
So the question is, can calcium trigger or at least accelerate the growth of BBA?
What would be the best full tank treatment in this situation? I know fixing the source of the problem is the first thing to do but I also need to take preemptive measures so that I don't end up having to trim heavily infected leaves.
If this serves any purpose, the tank plant population:
- Anubias (3 or 4 different species)
- Bucephalandra (around 10 different species)
- Microsorum (needle, narrow)
- Eriocaulon (Quinquangulare, Udonthani, Lineare, Vietnam)
- Echinodorus Aflame Purple Knight Red Amazon Sword
- Hygrophila Sp. Chai
and a pictures:
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