I had to get rid of my moss, my tiny sword plants, and other plants that were infested, then increase my CO2 dosing, before I got rid of my thread algae. If the "hair" algae is really BBA, I get rid of that by again increasing my CO2. Try visiting Aquarium Algae to see if you can be sure what kind of algae you have.
Barry, did it ever resurface - Or did you keep dosing Excel? Second query. Do you think it was the Excel, or the accelerated growth because of the Excel which won the day?
I am having a small amount keep coming back in my tank with new AS. I'm not dosing traces as I believe its worse when I do. I've only had the Aqua Soil less than two months, so the tank is quasi cycling.
Excel also killed my vals, so if you value them you need to be cautious with the Excel. I dosed 2X the recommended post water change amount, then repeated that dose three days later.
I recentley switched yeasts from bakers to wine and figured out a way to better dislove my CO2. With that and lowering my nitrate to around 10ppm I think I am winning the battle against the hair algae. I dont know what my Co2 ppm is because I added peat to my substrate 7 months ago when broke down my aquarium. I have no idea if the peat is still softening my water.
i had hair algae growing on some plants. for some reason it would only grow on that certain one. i think it was ambulia. can't remember it was long ago. got rid of the ambulia and the hair algae was gone. it never grew on anything but that. i guess cuz it was so close to the light source.
Thanks Barry. I am trying this out. I'm a little worried about that high of dose so I'm doing around 30- 35 ml per day. I have around 74 gallons of water in a 90 gallon. My thread is not very bad at all, so I may quit early if it disappears. My fish are a little sluggish if I dose any higher. But I'm also changing about 12% of the water 5-6 days a week with my auto water change setup, so that takes a little out I suppose. So far, I think I see an improvement. My HC certainly likes the Excel.
Barry, were you dosing the Excel at night or what time of day?
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