Flourish to stop Red Beard Algae?

[Darth Scohin]

Recently I was told to use Seachem's Flourish product to stop only what I can describe as Red Beard Algae. I however, don't know how often the dosage needs to be and will it hurt my fish.....(will post pics if needed)

Stock:-55gal
Senegal Bichir
Leopard Bushfish
Syno Featherfin
Affected Plants: Bolbitis 6xAnubius and Riccia Matts
Stock:-20gal
2xAfrican Butterflyfish
Endli Bichir
Amazon Sword

 

[oscarfish1395]

http://theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm this is a link to a good resource on what algae you have. on the bottom it describes how much you should od and what plants it might affect. i am using excel every day on my 55 gallon to get rid of the algae im not sure if it will affect your fish, none of mine in my 55 seem to be bothered by it (cardinal tetras and shrimp)

 

[Darth Scohin]

What would be considered an OD twice the dosage and would it be everyday? Sorry I just love my fish and want to salvage what I can of my Anubias and don't want my new Bolbitis to die before it's time

 

[oscarfish1395]

i am dosing twice recommended everyday and my anubias is fine, the only plant ive had trouble with was cabomba. i havent kelp bolbitis so unfortunately i do not know what would happen with that

 

[I'mHooked]

Just as a side note, especially with the beard algae varieties it helps to directly apply the excel to the affected areas. Using a pipet if you have one is the easiest way to do this.

 

[mgamer20o0]

if you can you might want to just take the plants out and dip them in excel. you can also use h2o2.

 

[Darth Scohin]

Okay so will just Flourish work or should I return it to the store and get Exel instead? I'll definately do the dipping/brushing that is suggested thanks

 

[Sab_Fan]

just to be clear, I think the theory is that you want to over-dose - - or dip - - in Flourish Excel, not Flourish

Seachem makes several products under the brand name "Flourish":

> Flourish is a liquid fertilizer
> Flourish Excel is a carbon supplement (sort of a CO2-lite)

there are also products like Flourish Iron, Flourish Nitrogen, Flourish Potassium, and Flourish Trace.

for what you are trying to do, Flourish Excel is what you want . . . note: some people have suggested that Seachem Prime will also help with beard algae

 

[Raul-7]

The root cause of BBA is lack of CO2. I had an outbreak in my 20L, within two weeks of dosing pressurized CO2 it has subsided.

 

[iwantoneofthose]

what sab_fan said is correct...you need Flourish Excel, the CO2 supplement. I was told by a LFS that he puts in a capful for every 10g to start off with, then follow instructions on the label. I did that in my 70g and the red bearded algae started turning white within a day or two. Plants and fish were fine.