BBA treatment

mousey · 01-16-2006, 08:00 AM

Tried the H2o2 treatment on wed last week.
tank One. The algae on the plastic tubes changed from black to pink and is still attached. No fish interested. the algae on the mopani wood is still there and also on the java fern. A few leaves of the vals are thinning and melting.
I took the plants out of the tank to treat them and rinsed them off before adding back into the tank. Hornwort is doing ok.

Tank two. Scrubbed the bba off the tubing after a soak in H2O2. It came off easy. Followed the same procedue as tank one. No dead algae! but the hornwort took a fit and dropped 80% of its leaves making a huge mess in the tank. I did not expect it to react like that as i rinsed off the plants and wood well when I put back in the tank. Obviously it is VERY sensitive.

So the lfs says my siamese algae eaters should eat bba but they don't. The LFs says i treat my fish too well. let them get a bit hungry and they may think differently. The SAE's are always wolfing down the fish pellets--in fact they are the first to get to the food.
mousey

**Damon** · 01-16-2006, 10:23 AM

Tank specs?

01-16-2006, 08:00 AM	#1
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 775 User Feedback: (0)	BBA treatment Tried the H2o2 treatment on wed last week. tank One. The algae on the plastic tubes changed from black to pink and is still attached. No fish interested. the algae on the mopani wood is still there and also on the java fern. A few leaves of the vals are thinning and melting. I took the plants out of the tank to treat them and rinsed them off before adding back into the tank. Hornwort is doing ok. Tank two. Scrubbed the bba off the tubing after a soak in H2O2. It came off easy. Followed the same procedue as tank one. No dead algae! but the hornwort took a fit and dropped 80% of its leaves making a huge mess in the tank. I did not expect it to react like that as i rinsed off the plants and wood well when I put back in the tank. Obviously it is VERY sensitive. So the lfs says my siamese algae eaters should eat bba but they don't. The LFs says i treat my fish too well. let them get a bit hungry and they may think differently. The SAE's are always wolfing down the fish pellets--in fact they are the first to get to the food. mousey

01-16-2006, 10:23 AM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982 User Feedback: (0)	Tank specs? __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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