Corbidorbidoodle Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I have a couple clumps of Christmas moss glue to rocks in a tank with blue neos. It's gotten a bit algae infested. Is this something I can cure with gluteuraldehyde or hydrogen peroxide? Is it safe to use either of those in a 5 gallon tank with the neos? I could take it out, and put it in a tank with less nutrients. Or I could put it in a bowl and block it out for a while or something. But what will kill algae that doesn't kill Christmas moss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllFishNoBrakes Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 You could try to spot treat it with hydrogen peroxide. Just do a small spot and see what it does. I would caution against dosing the entire tank with hydrogen peroxide as it can kill all your beneficial bacteria. That being said, I’ve used hydrogen peroxide to help with black beard algae and haven’t seen detrimental results to the beneficial bacteria when I spot treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 @Guppysnail Can you do reverse respiration on moss? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 On 9/29/2022 at 8:37 PM, Katherine said: @Guppysnail Can you do reverse respiration on moss? Absolutely. All my moss loved RR and looked fabulous and grew well after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I know it’s a pain but you might try picking out as much as possible before you do the RR treatment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K McZongo Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Maybe consider taking a few algae free tips off the clump and growing them out separately in a jar of tank water, while you try the other eradication methods. I tend to just manually remove as much of the contaminated mosses and let it it regrow from clean cuttings. I guess I don't mind the long wait. I also don't think the shrimp mind the algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Reverse Respiration works it’s magic on Christmas Moss perfectly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbidorbidoodle Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Excellent! I'll give it a shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbidorbidoodle Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 This worked a treat! Sorry to take so long on the update. I put it in a glass bowl with half a bottle or so of water for my SodaStream. Topped it with a glass plate and put a towel over the whole thing in my laundry room for a day. Then I just put the bowl in my guppy tank and the guppies ate all the dead algae and stuff off. Now I have about three good size handfuls of perfectly good Christmas moss that I put in a few different tanks. I can't recommend this enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 5:05 PM, Corbidorbidoodle said: SodaStream. Didn't know it worked with that...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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