Leo2o915 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Want to dose with easy carbon what’s the best way to do it ? Spot treatment? Or dose entire tank ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RovingGinger Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 This thread had some experienced suggestions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo2o915 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, RovingGinger said: This thread had some experienced suggestions I saw that but didn’t see how the doses it with easy carbon I did spot treatment with hydrogen peroxide today before a water change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I only have success with spot treatment. BBA is very resilient and it probably won't die off if you just dose the recommended amount in your tank, but if you overdose it'll have adverse effect on the other critters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattysAquatics Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I have dosed entire tank multiple times with no results. This weekend during a water change I put the carbon in a 3ml syringe and dosed directly on or right above them with all filters off and let it sit for a few minutes and it is now all starting to die off. Hopefully it continues cause I hate that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) Spot treatment with liquid carbon (e.g. Easy Carbon, Flourish Excel) in a pipette worked well for me! I treated the plants while they were submerged underwater, and turned off the filter for a few minutes to let it soak. I usually have to wait 4-7 days before I see any effect on the algae. Highly recommend. 👍 Bolbitis before treatment: Bolbitis after 2 liquid carbon spot treatments (about 2 weeks apart): Edited September 17, 2020 by Irene 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marnol D Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Im currently doing this now (im waiting for my easy carbon to ship)but am using excel and am seeing good signs when I spot treat with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyB Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Could you pull out a smaller plant and somehow treat it safely with Excel out of the tank? For example a small Anubias attached to a stone. I’ve done this with hydrogen peroxide to kill off BBA and it worked for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marnol D Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 9 hours ago, AudreyB said: Could you pull out a smaller plant and somehow treat it safely with Excel out of the tank? For example a small Anubias attached to a stone. I’ve done this with hydrogen peroxide to kill off BBA and it worked for awhile. Ive never tested it with excel (ive pulled plants out with hydro peroxide and it kinda worked) but I suspect as long as you coated the problem parts with enough excel or carbon it would kill it. You could also take a glass jar or glass bowl (one of the 5-10$ ones from walmart) and fill it with water and dose heavy with excel and keep the plant in a mini quarantine tank until you see improvement and just set it in a window for light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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