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Treating Brown Algae with Hydrogen Peroxide? |
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By: MontanaJosh Date: April 18, 2016, 12:19 pm |
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I'm really hoping for help from forum members here. I recently |
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started getting brown algae in my aquarium. It started at the |
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top of my tallest plants (all fake) and then on the tops of |
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other things in my aquarium. I pulled out each item, scrubbed |
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with a zero chemical scrubber from Petco, then dipped in boiling |
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water for about 30-seconds (same way I sterilize stuff for my |
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infant). I also did a 25% water change. I then bout some |
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Tetra-Algae control and added some. 2 days later, the brown |
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algae is back. Doing some research, I see lighting is to blame |
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a lot. Currently my lights come on at 1pm and turn off at |
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8:30pm. Is that too much lighting? |
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My big question comes from a bunch of youtube videos I've seen, |
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where people spray hydrogen peroxide in their tanks right on the |
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affected areas. This has me very nervous. Is it bad for my |
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fish? It took months for my aquarium to get the nitrogen cycle |
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just right, would hydrogen peroxide do harm to my beneficial |
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bacteria? Again, any help or advice is appreciated in advance! |
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