Black algae and hydrogen peroxide?
 

I have a 20 gallon community tank that has been invaded by a tough,
fiberous black algae.

The tank has a reverse UGF powered by a Fluval 200 filter. It
contains 13 smallish fish (5 Panda corys, 5 serpae tetras, 2 khulli
loaches and a small plecostomus). I only feed once a day and they
clean up all the food. I change the filter floss in the Fluval every
couple months and it's never nasty, just a bit grey and not at all
slimy. Temp is around 76F.

I don't kow where the black algae came from, but I wish it would go
away. I looked around on line a bit and found several references to
hydrogen peroxide as a cure. Has anyone tried this cure? Should I?
If so, what's the dosage? Any other ideas?

Thanks very much for any help.

interthingied

"Dave Smith" wrote in message ...
|I have a 20 gallon community tank that has been invaded by a tough,
| fiberous black algae.

Black Beard Algae(BBA) My condolences.

|
| The tank has a reverse UGF powered by a Fluval 200 filter. It
| contains 13 smallish fish (5 Panda corys, 5 serpae tetras, 2 khulli
| loaches and a small plecostomus). I only feed once a day and they
| clean up all the food. I change the filter floss in the Fluval every
| couple months and it's never nasty, just a bit grey and not at all
| slimy. Temp is around 76F.


Sounds like you're real close to being overstocked. What are your water parameters?


|
| I don't kow where the black algae came from, but I wish it would go
| away. I looked around on line a bit and found several references to
| hydrogen peroxide as a cure. Has anyone tried this cure? Should I?
| If so, what's the dosage? Any other ideas?

I found This bit about the use of hydogen Peroxide as a spot treatment for BBA. Never tried it myself.

Many of the commercially available "algae-destroyers" will kill it, but most of them will kill aquatic plants as well.

HTH

billy