This is currently my favourite plant and I'm planning a new scape where I would like lots and lots of this as the main feature.
However I've bought this twice now from a couple of different and very reliable sources. Both batches had hair algae or some a similar type of hairy algae and try as I might I cant seem to get rid - the first batch I blitzed with Excel and it turned brown so I chucked it and the second doesn't seem to be getting worse but despite a bit of harassment is still there. I'm obviously reticent about dosing too much excel and my Amano shrimp don't seem interested.
I've also noticed it seems to take quite a bit of time to acclimatise with a lot of it dying off. I'm injecting Co2 in both my nano's and dosing EI - everything else is pretty healthy
Any advice would be appreciated if you have experience with this.
As a side note I have so much normal Pellila which seems to grow like a weed that I actually have a big pot it on my
windowsill - so this puzzles me even more...
thanks
phil
However I've bought this twice now from a couple of different and very reliable sources. Both batches had hair algae or some a similar type of hairy algae and try as I might I cant seem to get rid - the first batch I blitzed with Excel and it turned brown so I chucked it and the second doesn't seem to be getting worse but despite a bit of harassment is still there. I'm obviously reticent about dosing too much excel and my Amano shrimp don't seem interested.
I've also noticed it seems to take quite a bit of time to acclimatise with a lot of it dying off. I'm injecting Co2 in both my nano's and dosing EI - everything else is pretty healthy
Any advice would be appreciated if you have experience with this.
As a side note I have so much normal Pellila which seems to grow like a weed that I actually have a big pot it on my
windowsill - so this puzzles me even more...
thanks
phil