Claire
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Hey all, I have been trying to single handedly battle spirogyra algae in my 35l for the past few weeks and seem to still be losing. I did a 3 day blackout with daily water changes which really helped, there was only a tiny amount left, then started daily easycarbo dosing and only ¼ fert dosing. Yet it has reared its ugly head again. Proper PITA.
CO2 is currently quite light as I am getting no other algae problems, but I have lowered the filter outlet and upped it slightly tonight to see if it will help at all.
I also put some bubble wrap on top of the acrylic sheet cover to cut back the light slightly - this has been there for about 2-3 weeks now and the algae is still there showing no signs of deterioration.
I don't have much of a clean up crew - one or two sakuras are in there but that's all. I could add some amanos if that would be of any use?
My larger (180l) tank had this for a while but just with clearing out as much as possible at water changes it cleared up itself in about a month. However this stuff seems to be more stubborn!
Any suggestions as to how to get this gone would be most appreciated before I flake lol. Is another blackout in order? And if so, how do I stop it coming back this time?![DOUBLEPOST=1399745198][/DOUBLEPOST]And when I say "light" co2, I mean apple green drop checker with a ph drop from 6.3 to 5.6. The adjustment there will probably take it to the full 1 drop.[DOUBLEPOST=1399745296][/DOUBLEPOST]I also just took some media out of the filter there. It's now about half full with coarse sponge, then fine sponge, alfagrog and then a bag of purigen.
CO2 is currently quite light as I am getting no other algae problems, but I have lowered the filter outlet and upped it slightly tonight to see if it will help at all.
I also put some bubble wrap on top of the acrylic sheet cover to cut back the light slightly - this has been there for about 2-3 weeks now and the algae is still there showing no signs of deterioration.
I don't have much of a clean up crew - one or two sakuras are in there but that's all. I could add some amanos if that would be of any use?
My larger (180l) tank had this for a while but just with clearing out as much as possible at water changes it cleared up itself in about a month. However this stuff seems to be more stubborn!
Any suggestions as to how to get this gone would be most appreciated before I flake lol. Is another blackout in order? And if so, how do I stop it coming back this time?![DOUBLEPOST=1399745198][/DOUBLEPOST]And when I say "light" co2, I mean apple green drop checker with a ph drop from 6.3 to 5.6. The adjustment there will probably take it to the full 1 drop.[DOUBLEPOST=1399745296][/DOUBLEPOST]I also just took some media out of the filter there. It's now about half full with coarse sponge, then fine sponge, alfagrog and then a bag of purigen.
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