"Gwenyvar" wrote in message ...
its like a alien has taken over my 155 gal fish tank.

Description of alien form:
Short - looks Fuzz but not like the bear - is not stringy
brow to black
growing on everything but the glass, loose rock/sand , plants and drift wood
( Malaysian) - alien does not like the wood.


About the Tank:
155 gal
cichlids & 4 placos ( ugly fat *******s)
live plants
rocks and sand base
hiding holes - caves like things - clay pot - coconuts shells
drift wood ( Malaysian) - alien does not like the wood.
Lights - growth light only on for 14 hours a day - might be the source of
the alien.
feeding about once to twice a day
has uv sterilizer
2 - filters fluval 404


If you can help that would be great other wise what is the number for
Ripley?

Here's a cool way to exterminate algea (of all varieties, I think)
that was suggested by Axelrod in the 1950s in some of his literature,
and it has been very effective for me. Arrange your airstones to be at
one end of the aquarium to create a water rotation for oxygenation,
then turn the aquarium lights off and cover the aquarium for four or
five days with a dark blanket. (Axelrod actually suggests taping paper
to the walls, but the blanket is much easier --) Without light, the
algae will die. The reason for the airstone arrangement is that the
algae, in the dark, dishes out an immense amount of carbon dioxide
which needs to be exchanged at the surface.

When I've tried this, there has been no ill effects in regards my pets
-- however the Oscars get a little ****ed at me. :-)

After you take the blanket off, you'll need to carefully monitor your
water conditions and do some partials. The dead plant material could
cause a spike in your cycle, so pitch a tent next to the tank!

--Mark

Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
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