Re: [GSAS-Member] Attack of the Thanksgiving Day Alagae

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

I am so sorry to hear that has taken over.  In my experience, if even a small 
spring of that remains it will start over on the tank.  I have realized that 
the only thing I can do to meet my low-algae standards is to pull all my clingy 
plants and throw them away.  Then pull the bigger plants and give them a dip, 
then do a serious vacuum of the tank and if it looks good enough then put the 
non-clingy plants back.  I wish I had better news than that.

If this other route you are suggesting works, I think we will all be excited.


On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:12 AM, Algae Magnet wrote:

> I spent Wednesday morning cleaning and preping my tanks to make sure that
> they would be in good shape while I was out of town.  One little mistake
> though...  I left a lighting timer in the 'On' position.  I'm now looking at
> a massive carpet of cladophora (I think...) smothering my HC, two species of
> micro sword, and chain sword (not to mention a world class collection of
> black-beard algae.)
> 
> Just last month, I had given up on trying to remove a smaller infestation
> from HC and glossostigma.   I tried manual removal on a daily basis and
> slamming Excel at 3x the recommended dosage for several days, but in the
> end, I resorted to drastic mowing/pruning or removing the plants altogether
> and starting over.  I'm worried I'm going to loose another round.  Any
> adivce before I dig in on Sunday?
> 
> -John
> 
> As a post script:  I have found nerite snails and the Siamese Algae Eater to
> very effective.  The SAE may be getting some new friends tomorrow...  Also
> on the plus side (literally), my Otocinclii had one heck of an alage feast
> for Thanksgiving.
> 
> Final post script:  After a water change and missing 3 days of EI dosing, I
> am very interested to see what all that extra algae growth has done to the
> iron, phosphate and nitrate levels.
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