Safe algae killer
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mike dunagan;2215677; said:
substrate, rocks, tank in general
Im just trying to see if there is an easier way to get rid of it other then scrubbing everything in my tanks
Try to increase your water changes, alot of times diatoms are caused by excess of nitrates in an established tank.
You can also decrease lighting.
There are algae destroying chemical on the market, but I would ever use them. The fih like the algae and I don't mind it.
You should see my 70G....you can barely see into it.
There are algae destroying chemical on the market, but I would ever use them. The fih like the algae and I don't mind it.
You should see my 70G....you can barely see into it.
Algae killing chemicals have fatal consequences which can cause abrupt changes on the environment thus stressing and even killing the fish. Scrub them and do more water changes. Don't resort to chemicals.
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
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
