Algone works!
- Thread starter tcarswell
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I know it contains a phosphate and nitrate sponge, as well as other things. It advertises it's "chemical free" which is the biggest load of marketing BS ever, oh well... c'est la vie.
It also absorbs a lot of things that will inhibit plant growth. Light-stemmed, fast growing plants (like cabomba and hygro) have been known to be starved to death by this stuff. I'll stick to a balanced tank to keep algae away... might be tempted if I didn't have plants. I've never heard of it causing trouble in a non-planted tank.
It also absorbs a lot of things that will inhibit plant growth. Light-stemmed, fast growing plants (like cabomba and hygro) have been known to be starved to death by this stuff. I'll stick to a balanced tank to keep algae away... might be tempted if I didn't have plants. I've never heard of it causing trouble in a non-planted tank.
Algae control
There are some 200,000 plus species of algae existing in the world today
and sooner or later you will have a visit from at least one of them.Why
you ask? There can be one reason or several in combination.
CAUSES
Too many fish
Poor plant growth
Overfeeding
Accumilation of waste
Excess nutrients(overfertilization)
Too high nitrate levels combined with excess phosphate
Lighting of wrong intensity or unfavorable wavelength
PREVENTION
Use healthy fast growing plants
learn to properly feed the fish
regular maintenence to prevent build up waste
regular water changes
replacing lights especially flourescents(yearly)
water testing
CURING
Algaecides
Common ingredients to almost all commercial algaecides are either copper
or simazine both are toxic to fish and higher plant life.The dosage needed to kill
algae without harming fish or higher plants is hard if not impossible to determine.
Dying algae may releas toxins into the water or its decomposition may deplete oxygen
from the water and cause an amonia spike.
Water clearing agents
Flocculents should not be used in tanks with fish.Flocculents are positively
charged compounds that bind negatively charged particules so they bind together
and fall out of solution resulting in clearing.Since algae cells are negatively
charged Flocculents will clear green water.
Theres a possible problem tho,the gill surfaces of fish also carry a negative
charge.The Flocculentscan bind the gill filaments together destroying the gill
structure.-Anne
There are some 200,000 plus species of algae existing in the world today
and sooner or later you will have a visit from at least one of them.Why
you ask? There can be one reason or several in combination.
CAUSES
Too many fish
Poor plant growth
Overfeeding
Accumilation of waste
Excess nutrients(overfertilization)
Too high nitrate levels combined with excess phosphate
Lighting of wrong intensity or unfavorable wavelength
PREVENTION
Use healthy fast growing plants
learn to properly feed the fish
regular maintenence to prevent build up waste
regular water changes
replacing lights especially flourescents(yearly)
water testing
CURING
Algaecides
Common ingredients to almost all commercial algaecides are either copper
or simazine both are toxic to fish and higher plant life.The dosage needed to kill
algae without harming fish or higher plants is hard if not impossible to determine.
Dying algae may releas toxins into the water or its decomposition may deplete oxygen
from the water and cause an amonia spike.
Water clearing agents
Flocculents should not be used in tanks with fish.Flocculents are positively
charged compounds that bind negatively charged particules so they bind together
and fall out of solution resulting in clearing.Since algae cells are negatively
charged Flocculents will clear green water.
Theres a possible problem tho,the gill surfaces of fish also carry a negative
charge.The Flocculentscan bind the gill filaments together destroying the gill
structure.-Anne
Thanks guys. Beblondie is it safe ? question still stands
Went and checked it out yes its basicly a nitrAte and phosphate absorber just as fast growing plants would absorb the same compounds thus outcompeting the algae
it should be fine to use-Anne
it should be fine to use-Anne