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"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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So I took my big ol' pleco out of the 2.5 gallon tank and put him
in the
10 gallon tank. He's doing well, I guess. Hard to tell because he
spends
all his time inside the fake tree stump! :-(

Now I'm getting algae in my 2.5 gallon tanks. Each holds one female
betta.

I'm wondering about those chemicals(s) that are sold at Wal-Mart
that
supposedly remove algae from the tanks. How do you experienced
fish
keepers feel about this solution? And how do they work? Are they
added
to the water while the fish are in the tank or must the fish be
removed,
or what? (I'm sure the bottle will have instructions. I'm just
curious
for now.)

Mostly I'd like your opinions: are they effective? are they safe?

Plecos and other algae eaters seem to get too big for the 2.5
gallon
tanks, and snails seem to be bad news due to their ability to
reproduce
faster than rabbits.

Is there anything else I could get that would "eat" the algae?

I already have a live plant in one of the tanks and still have an
algae
problem.

Thanks in advance for your responses.
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At the very least usually you don't have to remove anything from the
tank but that depends when it comes to other types of life forms
other than fish. Some algae destroying water treatments contain
copper which can kill plants and other life forms other than fish
(and I imagine even fish to certain degrees - i.e. some fish) such as
invertebrates like snails and other organisms. If you do use a water
treatment that destroys algae I recommend (haven't used it myself but
my research tends to support it) an expensive bottle of weiss
organics algae magic. Sometimes you get what you pay for. I tried
aquarium pharmaceuticals alga destroyer tabs a long time ago (i.e.
years ago) unnecessarily and it didn't seem to do anything for me
(the algae on the glass stayed there), other than that I have ignored
the small amount of algae I have had and it has gone away
significantly (I have more plants now too), even the silicate diatoms
on the glass from a long time ago when I started up are going away. I
think the right plants can make a big difference in the amount of
algae that will grow and I think tom barr's research supports that.
By the way - feel free to ask your question again at
rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants . Good luck and later!

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