Anyone ever had Staghorn

[Kozmo]

I went out of town last week and had a buddy add some Daily TMG,
Potassium and Nitrate (every other day, or so I thought) to my tank,
but when I got back I noticed that I had laid out the wrong bottle and
he was actually adding Phosphates and not Nitrates. :(

Well I now know that with my tank setup if everything is there and you
add a bunch of unneeded Phosphates you are going to get Staghorn. I
don't know why I laid out this bottle and why I still have it because
I never add any to my tank. I do my best to make sure it's the
limiting factor.

I have never had Staghorn and was wondering if anyone here has and how
long it took to go away. All the info I have read on it says it likes
to hangout near the top of the tank, but mine is on this nice patch of
substrate that I was planning on planting some Glosso on.

Any help would be great!

[Alex R]

"Kozmo" > wrote in message
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> Well I now know that with my tank setup if everything is there and you
> add a bunch of unneeded Phosphates you are going to get Staghorn. I

I don't think there's enough evidence to make that conclusion. It's more
likely that the lack of nitrates has more to do with the appearance of the
algae. Plants need PO4 as much as they need NO3.

> don't know why I laid out this bottle and why I still have it because
> I never add any to my tank. I do my best to make sure it's the
> limiting factor.
>
> I have never had Staghorn and was wondering if anyone here has and how
> long it took to go away. All the info I have read on it says it likes
> to hangout near the top of the tank, but mine is on this nice patch of
> substrate that I was planning on planting some Glosso on.

Just take out as much of it as possible and maintain your dosing regimen.
You don't have to make extra water changes. The plants could use that extra
PO4.
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Alex
pcalex (at) hotpop.com

[Kozmo]

You are right. With the reduced Nitrates and excess Phosphates for
this week it did me in. I will fight the good fight and rid it.