Black Brush Algae, Bba

[Nexorcist]

I'm no expert in this matter but i found a easy way to get rid of Black Brush Algae, that happens to be the hardest algae to get rid of because you cant manually remove it without damaging the plants.
I'm sure you read this before but noone says it can be this effective: Malaysian Trumpet Snail or MTS. In both of my tanks they strip clean Black Brush Algae of any surface including live plants, all of my live, plastic and silk plants look as they just been purchased from LFS.
I get some MTS for my 10Gal shrimp/Betta tank with sand substrate so they can shift the sand and prevent ammonia packets and seen how they clean Black Brush Algae i moved them to my 29 gal planted tank. Within a month it so clean that i have to dose extra fertilizer and keep the lights for longer just to have SOME algae for my ottos and mollies.

Hope this helps.
PS: If the info is widely available--> please delete the post.

 

[Truck]

If there is algae the ottos will be fine, increase circulation, half the lighting and increase surface agitation, if you're doing regular water changes keep to weekly ones.

 

[Nexorcist]

The tank is well circulated, and i have good surface agitation(my glass catfish loves it). My ottos used to have a nice round belly's, but now they look thin, also i cant cut the lighting or my amazon sword will go kaput.
Thanks for the advice.

 

[Truck]

amazon swords will grow in day light, cutting out the light is fine, If you ottos are starting to get thin then I'm sorry to say but the future is bleak, once they being to get thin the bacteria that digests the algae in their gut begins to recede.

 

[RadaR]

Within a month it so clean that i have to dose extra fertilizer and keep the lights for longer just to have SOME algae for my ottos and mollies.

Well, the added fertiliser isn't increasing the algae. The increased light is doing that.
BBA is caused by low/fluctuating levels of CO2. If you have too much surface agitation, enough to "break" the surface then that is driving off the CO2, causing the algae.
The case these days is that people actually have too much light rather than too little. Amazon swords can grow in low light no problem.
If the MTS can strip the BBA away then congrats, but prevention is better than cure.
Pruning is often not a problem because it promotes new growth.