I would love to take it out of the tank, but it hardly lays down in my bathtube let alone in a stove pot! Is there any way to get rid of it without taking all my plants off of it and messing up my substrate????????? The substrate is soilmaster select and it gets messy when disturbed...
75 gallon so far...
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Nope, your are going to be stuck with it. You can try a few types of bottom feeders, some will eat it, some won't. For the soil master, just get a sponge/foam filter like a hydro 5. That will take care of the cloud when you want it gone.
I soated the wood a couple months ago for a couple days in the bathtub. The wood has been sitting out, but now has been put in the tank. Where the bacteria boom come from? I thought bacteria blooms showed up as a white cloud film on stuff not 1 cm plus white hair like crap!?
I have the same stuff on my wood. It was used in my tanks previously, but allowed to dry. I am not going to go through the hassle of trying to pull it out and disrupt all of the glossostigma. I think I will try to scrub it off inside the tank with a plastic pot scrubber. Hopefully this stuff does not spread.
That stuff should go away over time. I had it too, and it went away. I wouldn't worry about it too much, it won't hurt the fish, and will eventually go away on it's own.
Another thing you can try is Hydrogen Peroxide. Take a little in a syringe and squirt it directly on the infected areas. If it starts changing colors, it means it's dying off. It won't hurt the fish either, as it's just a small dose, and over a short period of time, the HP turns to water anyways.
Another thing you can try is Hydrogen Peroxide. Take a little in a syringe and squirt it directly on the infected areas. If it starts changing colors, it means it's dying off. It won't hurt the fish either, as it's just a small dose, and over a short period of time, the HP turns to water anyways.
Thanks. I have heard of the H2O2 method for other algae before, so I might give it a try. H2O2 is an oxidizer so it will not hurt the fish in small doses.
Since you are just treating the infected areas, and not dosing the tank, you will have no problems with the fish. It's only when dosing larger amounts to dose a tank that is risky. I would just use a small syringe, temporarily turn off any circulation, or turn it down, while treating the infected areas, then turn the circ back on or back to normal. It is an oxidizer, which is what kills the algae, with the exception of green algae, like spot algae in the glass. H2O2 doesn't seem to have any affect on green algae. But does great on hair algae, thread algae, etc.
