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You can either prepare a solution as indicated in Clive´s article or add ferts straight away, what is usually named as "dry dosing". You can either buy measuring spoons for 3-5 euros/pounds/dollars or use a small tea-coffee spoon. In your case, having such a small tank, I recommend you to...

Size doesn´t matter. CO2 and light are what matter. If you have high light and CO2, you should be adding ferts using whatever method you consider appropriate. But add them. The problem with small tanks is that it is more difficult to balance. CO2 is the gas, light is the gas pedal, but ferts...

Yes. No doubt about it.

You can prepare your own. It is easy. Have a look at this article from Clive.

Algae haze on the glass = Green dust algae (GDA). Follow the advice given by Julian above plus, if using EI, add more MgSO4. It worked for me. Mg must be around 10 ppm per week. I had to remove that haze from glass on water change days with a cotton wool (it is very easy to remove). I was not...

For fish and bacteria and if you do spot treatment with H2O2 on some plants, you´ll burn them (Micranthemum Monte Carlo for example). What I normally do and it is just for prevention, it is to clean the tank on water change days. Clean hardscape, glass, etc, and then do the 1-2 punch. I do it...

Yes, you can. But it is much more dangerous and ineficient than 1-2 punch, in my experience.

Spot treatment is much more dangerous and ineficient than 1-2 punch. I do not do spotctreatment anymore so I have forgotten the dose. Maybe someonevelse around can help you there. Sorry.

You only need one bottle for 4 treatments. 90 ml each. Read the post I mentioned please.

It kills algae. It can be used a liquid CO2 but it is essentially glutaraldehyde which is used for sterilization of surgery material in hospitals. It kills microorganisms in general. Excel is the second punch. H2O2 is the first punch. That is why it is called one-two punch. Read the thread...

The one-two punch is done only on water change days. And be advised that the proportion of H2O2 indicated in the thread, although it is said to be 4 tbsp, it is later corrected by the method developer to 2 tbsp. Then, do everything as it is indicated in the thread. Most important is FLOW...

You have to do it exactly as it is said. At the end of the thread I quoted, there is a correction in the dose to 2 tbsp to each 10 gallons. I add 6 tbsp to my 30 gallon tank, so it is around 3 ml to each gallon approx. Maximum would be 1044 ml (4 tbsp per 10 gal) but in your case would be 522...

Hi. I would try the one-two punch method. Search on the web with this: One-two punch for algae. Do it exactly as it is indicated for 3-4 weeks. Clean hardscape with bleach. Increase CO2, EI, flow and oxygenation. Decrease light intensity and photoperiod and give it 3-4 weeks (yes, patience is...

Yes, I agree with you completely. Actually I would´t recommend people trying and willing to keep a planted aquarium with plants and fish and having a problem with plants to remove them. That is not a way to help that particular person. But the OP showed in one of his posts that he is not that...

I never said they were incompatible. Ever. I just said that if the OP is having trouble with algae and plants and his/her goal is to keep fishes and he/she is not into plant keeping, he/she should not go the planted aquarium route. There is the aquarium route. Perfectly acceptable and, although...