Recent content by AlanTh

Hello everyone - I'm back :) I'm very pleased to say that the BBA has been gone now for quite a few months. The thing is with this tricky subject of algae is that we do various things at the same time, to solve the problem, so that when the problem is solved - what exactly was it that we did...

I removed one tube and have been doing water changes every two or three days. Things have improved but still have BBA on the vallis. Is vallis particularly prone to BBA?

Thank you to everyone that replied. This whole business has been a huge disappointment (so far). I started out thinking that by injecting CO2 I would have no algae problems - how wrong I was. I had visions of a jungle of a tank - that never happened. Spent a bob or two also, I might add...

t took a couple of mounths to find a diffusor that actually worked, This one really does give out a cloud of mist - not a pile of bubbles.

I do have livestock in the tank 6 danios, 6 rumynose, 6 tetras i will change the solution tomorrow with the brom blue stuff that i bought from our sponsor. I have done that before but it makes no difference.

I will try increasing the CO2 gas and suppliment with the chemical

Thanks Ady All that I can say that is my checker NEVER goes blue. It is always lime green or approaching yellow.

I'm appreciating all of these comments ..... thank you

Well being the one asking the questions. and needing answers, it's certainly not for me to query replies. My understanding was that it was important that the CO2 levels remained constant during the lighting period. I try to do water changes in such a way that all ill done and dusted by the...

I do my water changes before lights on, and the CO2 comes on ...

Ok so when I use EasyCarbo and the gas - do I put my other lighting tube back in?

Thanks for the reply Mike. I take it then that using CO2 gas AND Easycarbo is ok? I wasn't sure about that.

I've been fighting a losing battle against BBA for nearly a year now. I;m not overrun with it, but just can't get rid of the stuff The tank is 8o ltrs. 2 foot long; 1 foot wide and 15 inches high. The lighting is about four inches above the water surface. I have pressurised CO2. The drop...

Thanks Mark and Ady - your views are greatly appreciated. This is exactly what I am after - the pros and cons. I don't really want to add an air pump and airstone. I am thinking a bit of surface agitation will be the best. I seem to have got my CO2 absorbing really well now with the new...

At the moment my tank has virtually nothing going on at the surface at all. I will be introducing a couple of Rainbows in the near future, and just have this gut feeling that maybe I should have some surface agitation. To help gas exchange. I have pressurised CO2 running. Apart from four...