Fuzzy Algee Issue

Can anyone give me any advice on how to rid my freshwater tank of
algee.

It's black (or very dark green)
Very fuzzy... like hair
Grows on plants, rocks, wood

You can take a look a a photo of the algee on some of my plants
here...

http://home.comcast.net/~tfredricks/fish/DCP_1395.jpg

I would just empty the tank and bleach everything but I don't have
another proper place for the existing fish to live. Any advice?

Tell us more about your tank

CO2, fertilizer fish load andt etc.

Looks like my tank when I forget to watch the DIY CO2.

Bob

"Todd" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me any advice on how to rid my freshwater tank of
algee.

It's black (or very dark green)
Very fuzzy... like hair
Grows on plants, rocks, wood

You can take a look a a photo of the algee on some of my plants
here...

http://home.comcast.net/~tfredricks/fish/DCP_1395.jpg

I would just empty the tank and bleach everything but I don't have
another proper place for the existing fish to live. Any advice?

Hi Robert

What do you mean by that? Did you let it go too long without a refresh?




"Robert Flory" wrote in message
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Tell us more about your tank

CO2, fertilizer fish load andt etc.

Looks like my tank when I forget to watch the DIY CO2.

Bob

"Todd" wrote in message
om...
Can anyone give me any advice on how to rid my freshwater tank of
algee.

It's black (or very dark green)
Very fuzzy... like hair
Grows on plants, rocks, wood

You can take a look a a photo of the algee on some of my plants
here...

http://home.comcast.net/~tfredricks/fish/DCP_1395.jpg

I would just empty the tank and bleach everything but I don't have
another proper place for the existing fish to live. Any advice?

http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/red-algae.html

--
Graham Ramsay
You might be a Bright:
www.the-brights.net

Thanks for the help... looks like the article at "thekrib" has
everything I could ever want to know about this stuff. I think I may
try and find some of the Siamese Algae Eater's and give that a shot.
I actually already did the bleach idea to all the plants and rock in
the tank but without getting all the fish out I could not do many of
the inners of the tank so it spread back over everything in a couple
months. If I could just come up with a place for the fish for a
couple days then I'd be set.

what's my setup?

125 gallon tank
no special fertilizer, co2, or anything... I take the low maintenence
approach to my tank.
4 rather large chiclids and 8 small fish (barbs, etc...)
1 pleco

One last comment. Any thoughts on how hard it will be to find the
Siamese Algae Eater? I live in a large city so I hope my chances are
good.

Be sure you get the SAE...I asked for SAE and i got the chinese algae eater

--
Paulo
"Todd" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the help... looks like the article at "thekrib" has
everything I could ever want to know about this stuff. I think I may
try and find some of the Siamese Algae Eater's and give that a shot.
I actually already did the bleach idea to all the plants and rock in
the tank but without getting all the fish out I could not do many of
the inners of the tank so it spread back over everything in a couple
months. If I could just come up with a place for the fish for a
couple days then I'd be set.

what's my setup?

125 gallon tank
no special fertilizer, co2, or anything... I take the low maintenence
approach to my tank.
4 rather large chiclids and 8 small fish (barbs, etc...)
1 pleco

One last comment. Any thoughts on how hard it will be to find the
Siamese Algae Eater? I live in a large city so I hope my chances are
good.

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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Hi Robert

What do you mean by that? Did you let it go too long without a refresh?

Yep, let both 64 oz bottles die just after i added 130 wats of light......
what a mess. It's beginning to recover with the hepl of three SAEs.

Bob