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    Marnol D - Thank you for the information and sorry you are also going through black spot algae. It is so annoying isn't it. I actually thought about adding a phosphate absorber, but I really dislike opening up the Fx 4 canister to do that. Its quite an annoying canister but very efficient. I have been dosing with peroxide every other day and have noticed quite a bit of difference. That and not feeding the inhabitants as much which, is so hard for me not to do. I feel like I'm abusing them lol.
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    Thank You SWilson for the helpful information. I watched Irene's video on controlling algae and it was very helpful. Also, thanks for the information on liquid carbon and its possible harm to ADF. One of the reason I choose to do hydrogen peroxide. That seems to be working. I also trimmed my plants today and got rid of the unsightly algae. Tank looks much better and I am going to make sure to use the Iron fertilizer too much from now lol. Good luck on your tank!
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    Thank you OnlyGenusCaps. The khuli were fine. I think they were enjoying having the filters off for awhile and the left overs food being stirred up. On a side note, my SAE was eating the algae this morning and I could see he had been working real hard all night. Made a really noticeable difference!
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    Thanks for the advise. Can't seem to figure out how to reply back to each of you individually. I did not tear out my tank and watched the video above and decided to follow his directions and dose with hydrogen peroxide. I can tell you that all 16 khuli loaches totally spased out and were doing zoomies lol. Literally brewed tea and spent the whole day sitting in front of the tank to make sure they did fine. They are doing ok and I did notice that they have been more active and eating the plants more. I am going to hold of feeding the tank for a couple of days to get them all to clean the tank. Which, is extremely hard for me, cos I always give in by evening and end up feeding them bunches. I also, subscribed to the Marks Shrimp Tank since he has so many useful information, so I guess that's what I will be doing all night. Thanks for letting me know that it is Staghorn algae!
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    I have a bad case of BBA in my heavily planted 75 gallon tank. I know I should have taken care of it earlier but I thought it would resolve itself. I believe it was due to my heavy use of coop iron. I recently bought a juvenile SAE but he does not seem interested in the worst case but just nibbling on the Amazon sword leaves that have smaller amounts of BBA. I’m scared of using Flourish Excel or hydrogen peroxide since I have invertebrates and baby shrimps. should I rip all my plants out that I worked so hard to grow or trim them all down to their base? I was going to not feed my fish for a few days and make them work for their living and help to clean up the tank in the mean time. i have very hard water and pH 8.4 which is typical of my tap water. Fluval 3 planted light (which I have turned off for now) . Stock - albino corydoras, khuli loaches, Royal fallowela, African dwarf frogs, mystery snails, bladder/ramshorn snails, cappuccinos, trumpets. Thank you for any advice!
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    Thanks for the reply! I figured that was the case. I may get a breeder box and try to breed some for the next time.
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    My albino corydora laid eggs all over my 75 gallon tank and on the plants 3 days ago. Today I woke up and they look bloated. Is that fungus? I was not going to remove them initially and just let nature take its course so I did not get a breeder box. My tank is a 75 gallon heavily planted tank. I have Khuli loaches, hillstream loaches, Amanno/cherry shrimps, 2 African dwarf frogs, and of course albino cordyoras. If it is fungus, I assume I should remove the eggs which, might make it difficult to find all of them since they are all over the plants also. Thanks for any help!
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