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Originally Posted by fishscale
I just add a capful to the spray bottle of water. It makes the leaves sparkle  |
THIS IS OKAY, ADDING PURE EXCEL WILL ROAST ABOUT ANY AND EVERYTHING WITHOUT WATER DILUTION!
Use diluted Excel if you wish, it also works well if you have algae issues in a submersed tank condition, you do a large water change to expose the infected areas, spray with diluted Excel, 1:20 or so, then refill the tank.
You can and will burn plants if you use higher dosing.
It is far far wiser to use less and do so several times, than one big concentrated amount, folks that OD excel and kill their shrimp or fish are not following directions.
You do not need to do this.
Killing algae is not really the root cure anyway, adding enough nutrients/CO2 are for submersed conditions. Adding some Excel here and there as a spray at pretty diluted amounts is okay if needed.
Same for H2O2.
Use little, spare the plant.
Watch the algae, and see how little it takes to cause some death/change etc. Use about 75% that amount 2-3x instead. Excel will kill plants also if you keep adding more and more.
Also, airing out the tank every so often reduces algae etc.
Make a slight crack in the seal to let air in/out but no so much as to dry up your plants.
Regards,
Tom Barr