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  1. John Starkey

    relentless brown algae problems

    Hi Andy,it's look you have a dose of good old detritus,even though it's 3/4 month's old it can still be a problem especially if you started with a new filter/filter media,you need a clean up crew in there,some thing like amano shrimps,some otto's would help too if water parameter's are ok,and it...
  2. John Starkey

    Algae VS H.C.

    How long has the tank been running?,also 10hrs a day is far too long a photo period in my opinion,if this a newly setup tank,then 6hrs a day for a month or at least until you see good growth,then up the period by half a week until you get to 7 hrs and so on,but only if you are having good growth...
  3. John Starkey

    How I beat BBA

    Hi all,I just thought I would write this as it may benefit newer members, When I had the BBA outbreak back in nov/dec this is how I got rid of it in three weeks,firstly it's important to identify what the cause was ,in my case it was too much lighting (36w),i removed one of the light units so...
  4. John Starkey

    The Importance of GH Booster.

    I was just about to post the exact same answer :? , quality answer Darrel, :thumbup: , regards john.
  5. John Starkey

    Algae on Cyperus

    Hi All, i have aways had an issue with c,helfri in my tank with the top of the leaves going brown (not hair algae) so as a trial for the last two weeks i have have upped my co2 to 6bps,and have my extra tubes on for an extra 30 mins,and i am just starting to see that the leaves are looking...
  6. John Starkey

    How to clean the plants of ALGAE?

    if you cant afford pressurised co2 at the moment then i would go for low light plants,you could then use easy carbo or excel as your co2 supply,if you went for a yeast based co2 unit or cannister style you will never get stable co2,if you decide to go for low light plants then 1wpg of light is...
  7. John Starkey

    How to clean the plants of ALGAE?

    Hi,what you need to do is remove all the infected leaves,if the Whole plant is infected then you need to remove it and try to save some by takeing a cutting and replanting,but the best way to get rid of algae is by removeing the cause of the problem,which h can be a number of things, 1,ustable...
  8. John Starkey

    Very long hair algae

    Hi James,i suggest you try and get the circulation round the tank more even,if you cant get rid of it then siamese flying foxes absolutley love the stuff,regards john
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