Re: [Killietalk] black brush algae

[Charles Harrison <charles at inkmkr_com>]

Hello Allen,

If you REALLY find a way to get rid of this exasperating obnoxious 
nuisance I would appreciate knowing what did the trick.

Charles Harrison
in St Louis



>This tank is heavily supplied with CO2 and has VHO lighting for 14 hours a
>day.  It also has a R/O unit that is constantly changing the water 24/7. 
>The r/o unit is rated at 50 gallons a day, but due to the resistance due to
>distance the water has to travel, I believe that the acutal rate of water
>change is 10-15 gallons a day. (180 gallon tank)  I would think that this is
>still enough of a water turnover to reduce the nitrates???  There are very
>few fish in the tank as I am still trying to get it balanced.
>
>I will try and get some of those nifty little snails.  Hopefully they will
>leave my plants alone.  Does anyone know if a Florida Flag Fish will eat the
>stuff?
>
>BTW it is interesting to note that the bushy stuff is only growing next to
>the co2 infeed to the tank.
>
>Thanks again for the input
>
>Allan
>
>
>
>>  Subject: Re: [Killietalk] black brush algae
>>  To: "'killifish discussion list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
>>
>>  Dera FishFolk,
>>
>>  I had a lot of black brush algae in my slate apistogramma tank. It doesn't
>>  get enough water changes, since it is in my office at the college.
>>
>>  Olive nerite snails will eat BBA. They cleaned the tank up. They are <$1
>  > from Arizona Aquatic Gardens http://www.azgardens.com/index.php
>>  They ship things overnight so that is expensive.
>>
>>  Nerite snails are sensitive to flubendazole and I haven't been able to
>>  re-introduce them to the tank after I treated a sick fish.
>>
>>  Currently I have Ilydon furcidens, the goldenfronted livebearer, in the tank
>>  and they have eaten all the algae that reappeared when the snails were
>>  removed. You can get these very inexpensively from ALA members. They are a
>>  large, active livebearer and may not be something you want permanently in
>  > the tank.
>>
>>  In my planted tank at home, which is a retirement home for old or
>>  partnerless killies, I have rosy barbs. They eat thread algae and except for
>>  salvinia, leave the plants alone. 
>>
>>  Good luck,
>>
>>  Earl
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Earl Blewett Ph.D.
>>  Associate Professor of Microbiology
>>  Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology
>>  Oklahoma State University
>>  Center for Health Sciences
>>  College of Osteopathic Medicine
>>  1111 W 17 St. Tulsa, OK 74107
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