Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 I scrubbed almost all of it off of my pothos roots, but being on the intake tube is new and I cleaned that last week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Georgia Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well it's definitely not diatoms. It looks more..........hairy. Black Beard Algae, maybe? I have no idea how you get rid of it, but if worse comes to worse, you may need to hack off some of those roots. I think some members here have had experience with BBA, if this is what it is, hopefully they chime in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 That's exactly what it is Georgia. My sworn enemy lol Mikey is it only on the roots or is it showing up other places in the tank? You added another light to your tank recently yes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 I dip the roots in bleach, if they're really bad. If it's just a few roots, just snip 'em! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 4prettyfish Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'm sorry your having problems such as that. I'd probably cut back the roots some. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Showing up on all the roots of my pothos and my intake filter. I don't remember if it was on my plant leaves (not home ATM) Yes, but they were like that before the light was added. I wouldn't have any roots left, Tammy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 A bleach dip will do it, then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Too bad we don't have any I banned my mom from using bleach. I'll have to get some lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Do you have excel? You can use that too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Oh! I do! How don't do that? (Ratio to water) and I will also be getting flourish On te mail tomorrow most likely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Take a look at this, if you have hydrogen peroxide you could follow the full protocol, if not just follow the excel part (and I would do all this outside the tank, put the roots in a separate tank/bucket for treatment) http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=203684 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Take a look at this, if you have hydrogen peroxide you could follow the full protocol, if not just follow the excel part (and I would do all this outside the tank, put the roots in a separate tank/bucket for treatment) http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=203684Excellent! Okay, so from what I think i got out of that is that I place my fish into a holding tank, remove all the media from the filters into a bucket. Leave all the plants in except moss balls and the. Get H202 at 3% and sdd that to the dosage it said to and rub my filters in high for 15 minuets, drain my tank and refil it, add all the media and stuff and fish and then dose excel at 1 cap per ten gallons and should be all gone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 And I would rather do my whole tank to make sure it's gone. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yep as long as you have somewhere to put your fish in the meantime it's fine to treat the whose tank. I just didn't want your fish in the hydrogen peroxide Good luck! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'll clean out the 20 gallon with PP and hot water and then I can move them into there ill put the AC 50 on with only their media and nothing else. I'll fill it with new water and then use that water and put it into my tank lol that way nothing is wasted (my mom hates water changes) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fish Of Gold Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Awesome idea! If only I had known about this when one of my tanks had really bad algae. Good luck in your algae removal Mikey! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thank you! I will update the thread on how it goes when I am all done! (I will try and get it done tomorrow, but no promises ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thank you! I will update the thread on how it goes when I am all done! (I will try and get it done tomorrow, but no promises ) I have bba on my tiny moss driftwood, so let me know how it goes! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 28, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 For sure! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chai Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 That stuff is evil. Good luck! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HomerJay Posted July 28, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've been double dosing excel and changed my light cycle and added a lot more plants and it's 90% gone at the moment. I'm not a stickler for a algae free, sparkling clean tank, so 90% works for me. I'm sure If I scraped and cleaned everything that I would not have anymore, but I just can't bring myself to clean that much. I feel like if you keep things too sterile, that once something goes off a bit your fish start having trouble Probably all in my head, but it works for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 29, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 29, 2014 I want mine gone because it's ONLY on my plants and filter Intake tube not on my walls or anything. Just the plants 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted July 29, 2014 Admin Share Posted July 29, 2014 http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=177122 http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=486001 good reading Mikey! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Daniel Posted July 30, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2014 Blackbeard algae is scary. Kill it with fire! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted July 30, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2014 It will definitely die with fire I'll be doing it really soon. QT tank is sterilized. I just need to drain it and rinse out out with scalding water. I'll let you all know how it goes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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