Same here...I had some old leaves with algae on them, and with a good scrub with 2 fingers algae comes off
Same here...I had some old leaves with algae on them, and with a good scrub with 2 fingers algae comes off
I did this protocol on Saturday but with a 10% bleach solution and it worked great. Tank looks new again.If it is soft algae you can use anything from a dedicated toothbrush to an algae pad. I imagine a kitchen mushroom brush would work a like a toothbrush.
As for dipping. Mix a bleach solution that is 19 parts water and 1 of bleach. {What follows is specifically for anubias and other thick lesved plants. More delicately leaved plants may need less time or may not be dippable at all.} Dip the plant for 90 seconds to 2 minutes max. Have a bucket well dosed with dechlor waiting. But first rins the plant under your tap and then drop it into the dechlored water bucket. 30 seconds is enough. return the plant to the tank. If you bleach a lot of plants, you may want to replace the dechlored water at some point. You can only add so much before the water will be nasty.
The algae will not look dead, but it is, over the next day or two it will vanish.
Thankyou, I will try theseIf it is soft algae you can use anything from a dedicated toothbrush to an algae pad. I imagine a kitchen mushroom brush would work a like a toothbrush.
As for dipping. Mix a bleach solution that is 19 parts water and 1 of bleach. {What follows is specifically for anubias and other thick lesved plants. More delicately leaved plants may need less time or may not be dippable at all.} Dip the plant for 90 seconds to 2 minutes max. Have a bucket well dosed with dechlor waiting. But first rins the plant under your tap and then drop it into the dechlored water bucket. 30 seconds is enough. return the plant to the tank. If you bleach a lot of plants, you may want to replace the dechlored water at some point. You can only add so much before the water will be nasty.
The algae will not look dead, but it is, over the next day or two it will vanish.
Happy for you, but you don't have to prove anything to anyone overhere IMO.I don't think I explained my point correctly, the purpose of this thread was to prove I am capable of keeping a stable aquarium, I phrased the whole thing wrong.