Staghorn algea help please

1164 Views 8 Replies 4 Participants Last post by Mad78, Jan 21, 2008

Mad78

Discussion Starter · Jan 17, 2008

I have tried everything and i just cant get rid of it.

low light 30 watts over 30 gallons. excell, pressurized co2, flourish, eco complete. houses one molly and 6 dwarf puffers.

10 gallon. high light 43 watt DIY pcf lighting. Hagen fermentation co2 with diffuser instead of ladder flourite, excell, flourish. what am i to do? its everwhere and i cant kill it.

Save

1 - 9 of 9 Posts

turbowagon

· #2 · Jan 17, 2008

How's your circulation and how long do you keep your lights on?

When I first started my tank, I had a big staghorn outbreak that I solved by reducing photoperiod to 9 hours and adding a small powerhead for increased circulation.

Save

Mad78

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 17, 2008

I have one filstar xp1, and lights are usually on 14 hours. is that the problem?

Save

turbowagon

· #4 · Jan 17, 2008

I would start by cutting the lighting to at most 10 hours. Good luck!

Save

Johnnnn_h

· #5 · Jan 18, 2008

If there is alot of fish pop and dead plants on the substraight cleaning it up a bit hellped me. Hydrogen peroxide and excell took care of the staghorn hair and thread algae. I also had the nitrates too high and the PO4 and FE too low.

turbowagons right

Save

Mad78

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 18, 2008

you can put hydrogen peroxide in the water???? or is it sorta like a bleach dip?

Save

Johnnnn_h

· #7 · Jan 19, 2008

you can put hydrogen peroxide in the water???? or is it sorta like a bleach dip?

Yes and yes

Follow the link, and there are two links in the link below
and you will get the storry from the beginning

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/algae/57423-hydrogen-peroxide-excell-works.html

Save

loachlady5

· #8 · Jan 19, 2008

turbowagon said:
I would start by cutting the lighting to at most 10 hours. Good luck!

Definitely! No reason to have more than 9 in my opinion. Many people do 8 hrs. Are you building up some CO2 b/f the lights come on? I've heard that can help a lot. You can set the time to let the CO2 start up an hour or two b/f the lights turn on. I'm scared to do 2 hrs w/o being home to watch it, so mine currently turns on 1 hr b/f the lights.

Save

Mad78

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jan 21, 2008

thanks, i did a two day blackout and now lights are on for 9 hours. Ill see what happens.

Save

1 - 9 of 9 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month