If the link above doesn't work, here is a full description: 55 GAL, heavily planted, CO2 injected tropical fresh. Over the years, the tanks have sometimes been quite laborious, so with our busy lives, the less time it takes to maintain our aquariums, the better. 1. Boil it away with a heat treatment. Member. Use of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Bath. If there are any underlying problems that caused the algae outbreak in the first place, correct them so your tank stays algae-free. To get rid of the black beard algae in your aquarium for good you should: Dip all of the affected decor in Hydrogen Peroxide. I have two methods for spot treating. Like most algae it likes high light, but will thrive in medium light if flow is high. As part of getting rid of hair algae in my tank I quarantined my plants and dosed them with a few tablespoons for two days. Depending on the algae species, we recommend different dosages: In the case of blue-green algae: 8 to a maximum of 15 ml of the 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide per 50 liters of water. A little of each of the mosses survived, and she attached some to the new wood along with some Hygrophila pinnatifida. Not minutes. Light has no effect on the H2O2, only your ability to see what's going on. It has spread unbelievably fast after a couple of weeks. I cleaned up what BBA I could by trimming a few plants and taking out and bleaching the rocks and filter intake and outflow pieces. The most important thing is to not allow hydrogen peroxide to contact any corals or life that is not algae. Lyndon on Sep 25, 2020 Yes, hydrogen peroxide can also be used: 2-3 ml to 1 gallon of water. For a while, my 10 gallon high-tech tank has been having a bit of BBA on the wood and rocks. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Thank you for the feedback, Dale. But we were hopeful that this treatment was working, especially after our losses. They were starting to mature nicely, especially some of the more expensive and hard-to-get species like our Cameroon Moss. We scooped the fish out with one catch and put them in another aquarium, hoping that it was not too late. Bear in mind that the more gentle plants (Japanese Moss balls being one) may take damage as … I get BBA even though my pH and CO2 levels are kept steady via a pH controller. This has been performed by me many times, and by others only a few. Do not let the roots touch the solution, or it will kill the plant. Now, I can tell you this method worked, but we did make some costly mistakes in the process. It does a good job with algae and parasites. This has worked very well on filter components, the top of my heater, and on driftwood. Reactions: Roger D and brandon429. Without that, there is only one place where high flow is occurring. Pretty unmistakable, right? BBA is till growing but maybe a little slower. I've added amazon frogbit and it's helped slow down new algae growth. I guess the takeaway is that if you have a situation like we did where BBA has grow out of control, this method will eliminate it. The Black Beard Algae is gone! Feed your plants by boosting Carbon Dioxide. We trimmed away infected plants and scraped the hardscape. To answer your questions: 1. Our hope is that those visiting this post will learn from our mistake. Posting your own video would be a great idea, Ben! I don't use Excel on a reg basis other than to spot treat rocks, wood, power heads etc., with a spray bottle (50/50 H2O2 & Excel) at water changes outside of the tank and that works great. 2. hydrogen peroxide saves the day! per 10G of actual tank water volume (excluding substrate, plants, etc). Hydrogen Peroxide Dip Ratio And Time. Plants:  Rotala “Indica”, Hydrocotyle leucocephala “Brazilian Pennywort”, Hydrocotyle tripartita sp.”Japan”, Plagiochilaceae sp. We fought with it for months before we went to this extreme, and by this time it was everywhere! We have learned a lot since then. Mr. Aqua 12 Long Aquascape – From Conception to Completion. Russell Whitmyer on Aug 17, 2020 Leave a Comment. Required fields are marked *. Your plants may take a hit though... Jun 8, 2017 #3 Ken Ooi Active Member. For areas of my aquarium that can be exposed with water changes, I will use a spray bottle to cover the BBA with hydrogen peroxide. It helps a little but it grows back in a week or so. Does peroxide kill coral? In fact, the answers are often conflicting citing variables like flow, nutrients, lights, CO2 i.e. We limit the amount to 1ml per gallon of water volume per treatment. I've heard about a few species of fish that eat BBA, but it seems different people have different experiences. Other solutions may damage the surrounding aquatic life in the tank or throw off the water's PH balance. RyanD. I used a dip method 1. The video did not show the process taking place, so we didn’t know exactly how much to apply. So if you want an effective treatment, provide massive flow during the entire treatment period. I can concluded that removing co2, 50% weekly water changes and air pump at nights are a key factor eliminating BBA. What I can’t seem to figure out is, even though we keep our tanks spotless, we still had a serious issue with BBA. You can add algae eaters to the tank. Reply Like Reply. There is no algae that causes me more grief than black beard algae aka BBA. Are you at the point of tearing down your aquascape and starting over? At the moment I'm able to limit the BBA growth with hydrogen peroxide, but if things get worse I may consider these other approaches: I finally wiped my black algae out by adding 1/4 tsp of Hydrogen peroxide daily for two weeks. Messages 7,085. If you have seen his personal tanks, he has very lush (and controlled) setups, and is very well studied in biology. Try not to let it drip in to areas of the rock that don’t need peroxide. Basically, our setup was a ghost town for a month while the BBA was dying. All of our plants survived, thankfully, but suffered during the treatment. Once the BBA was gone, we were back to weekly water changes and maintenance. "NOTE: Others have reported deaths of shrimp, snails, and fish - particularly known sensitive ones. The “amount” that you should have used is equal to the dosage amount for the tank. Several times I've also had fish severely stressed or killed by AlgaeFix, and although in the majority of cases this doesn't happen, I consider it a gamble. Hydrogen Peroxide will kill algae. I spot treated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) during water changes. They can tolerate extremely long blackouts without harm, unlike other algae. For alternative methods and more information on preventions and identification, please read on Anyway, we scrubbed the wood and set up the tank. Otocinclus, Amano Shrimp, and Nerite Snails won't eat BBA. Everything was running smoothly until, boom! The enjoyment of this hobby is gone. just a note H202 will actually start to oxidize the Excel immediately and break it down from an algaecide to a carbon source really really fast, storing it after its mixed is a bad idea (all your left with is a weaker h202 solution and some carbon). My wife and I, on the other hand, have 5 aquascapes and work full time. *Disclosure: We only recommend products we would use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This may be a bit conservative, but was a best guess and a round number. I also started to dosing EI method including 50% weekly water changes but most of all I stopped using co2. Even though the algae on it was was dying, the wood was heavily infested. A H2O2 spot treatment works with no flow, solely because of the incredibly high concentration at the location where it's applied. I don't think you have too many plants seems like they have room to swim. We could see that the treatment had an adverse affect on the algae. I immediately knew what it was because I’d seen this species of algae in our LFS. This is one of the most popular ways over the internet and it involved using 3% Hydrogen Peroxide which you can easily and cheaply get from your local drugstore. BBA isn't affected much by light intensity as I have it growing at all levels from the substrate to the surface. I then added 30ml of Excel, 10ml at a time in spot treatment fashion, with the syringe. All plants in my aquarium grow well, but I wasn’t able to see the dying leaves. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I've got quite a bit of BBA in a tank and have used hydrogen peroxide on the affected areas. After a few days, the mulm started to disappear on its own. As one example, our Alternanthera reineckii was lush and red with and without overdosing fertilizers in our tank. We wish you the best of luck removing this stubborn plague. The first week, we did water changes every other day. I wish that video had been more specific. Bombing a tank with large amounts of H2O2 and Seachem Flourish Excel is dangerous to the animals. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission. We lost all but one of our Chili’s, our Nerite snails, and quite a few of our RCS. Our Micranthemum ‘Monte Carlo’ showed no difference in growth with or without EI dosing. I’ve also noticed that the H202 begins to lose its effectiveness once the bottle has been opened. 3 mins; Anubias? As shown in the picture below, the Black Beard Algae would turn gray and die off in spots, but I couldn’t keep up. 2. I was about to give up and start all over again from scratch till I read somewhere that OXYGEN kills BBA, so I added air pump connected to a timer that starts exactly when the lights go off and stop when the light turn on. I had gone a long time without trimming my java fern. Depending on the algae species, we recommend different dosages: 1. Great blog. 4 years ago. I've researched and read many opinions on what causes BBA, but I've yet to find a clear answer. Your email address will not be published. Enjoy your algae-free tank. So one day, I started to vacuum my substrate to remove the mulm, and then I added a thicker cap of my sand in an attempt to cover the mulm. Less hardy algae may be effectively killed by this alone, especially if flow was good. If I had to do it again, I would move my fish to another tank before I dosed the affected tank. And with flow restored, the H2O2 is at last starting to have some effect on the algae. The slowly add Hydrogen Peroxide until you start to see bubbles forming. Did you do a large water change after the algae was dead before adding your livestock back into the tank? Flying Foxes eat BBA. I've read that people have used 2 ml per gallon with no ill effects, but I'm nervous about going that high. I know it is unorthodox in aquascaping to not use an EI dosing method while running a high tech tank. In brief: It uses a properly executed H2O2 whole tank treatment, followed by a whole tank Excel treatment, to provide a much greater algicidal effect than either alone; without noticeably increased risk to fauna or plants. ), but with proper maintenance, trimming, lighting and CO2 level adjustments, we have found the right balance for our scapes without having to purchase and use various fertilizers. Whole tank H2O2 treatments don't get much attention. I then took my circulation fan off the glass and blew it all over the tank for another five minutes to make sure there was good circulation. As the mulm kept becoming brown over time, black beard algae started to grow. So it’s best to purchase smaller bottles. Lighting: We have two Kessil A80’s mounted about 15 inches from the top of the substrate with a photo period of 7 hours. It even kills potential vermin, such as zoanthid-eating spiders! Make sure to submerge the plants in the solution for no more than 5 minutes! In the case of green algae: 25 to a maximum of 35 ml of the 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide per 50 … When I stopped using co2 there is nowhere BBA to be found. Even if you don't try this, you may still find some of it informative. Not any that I bought. When we were done nuking the tank, it was plain to see that we had covered all the algae with this mix because every bit of BBA was covered with bubbles. We documented the process with video and photos along the way, and have created a step by step guide showing the process we used to remove black beard algae. But often, this leaves little or no flow in the tank. BBA bloomed. Do a 50% water change, or more if you know it's well tolerated. Therefore, I started to trim and remove old leaves. I plan on adding more plants as I think with the added CO2 and increased ferts, there were not enough plants to pull enough nutrients out of the water, giving the BBA th extra nutrients. Allow to circulate for 15 minutes. I used exclusively plats in vitro so I watched them grow. This is the next mistake. But it falls hard to the "One-Two Punch", and I relied on this treatment heavily when trying to figure out how to keep it from growing. While in all cases no adverse effects were observed, I cannot guarantee it to be 100% safe. I don’t know if this was needed, but I did it just in case. Follow this link and you'll get the full description of the method. I feel your pain. And that is the one thing we don't want the H2O2 reacting with! Buce Plant on Aug 17, 2020 How about replacing bleach with hydrogen peroxide? No idea if it's safe for other shrimp, as I keep no other varieties. Alternatively, you could use an eye dropper or cue tip to apply the H202. 3% H202 Hydrogen peroxide can be bought online or at many chemists or supermarkets and it’s an inexpensive solution. Dec 18, 2019. 3 mins; How much declor … I use no more than double the dose that I would normally put into the water as a whole. Time to say goodbye, black beard algae! She says it has more character. Return the tank to its normal configuration, including replacing filter media if it was removed. I’m sure that several of the professional aquascapers in the hobby would scoff at our methods, but it works for us, and I would be proud to show off our scapes to anyone. Now terminate the treatment. Better to be safe than sorry when it comes to dosing the amount of hydrogen peroxide for the first time. This looked promising! No improvement. Then I use a syringe to squirt Excel onto the BBA under the water. Scrape out dead worms from the surface of the dip-cup. My plants are ok, but not as green and lush as when I was suing co2. This treatment seems especially hit-and-miss with shrimp, so for them, I do not recommend this treatment AT ALL - unless you consider them expendable. The H2O2 would kill it. Burning my Marimo balls was a nasty surprise, but certainly showed how effective it is, as they've never been affected by any other algicidal treatment. Hydrogen Peroxide eventually breaks down into just water so no need to worry about it harming your fish or plants. Our tanks are stunning right now, demand to be trimmed weekly, and continue to stay that way. I have some anacharis, which is particularly sensitive to Excel, but which I've gradually acclimated to a normal dose; it too is unharmed by this treatment. It spread too fast. I've used this treatment many times over the course of the last year. It will start to kill it almost immidiately and you will notice a difference within 24-48 hours. At this time I consider my treatment possibly safer than AlgaeFix when a powerful full tank treatment is required, and certainly usable in more circumstances. I do a 50% water change weekly. I have an idea why this occurs different from other hypothesis I've seen, and how it might be avoided, but that's a topic for another thread I'll soon post. Virtually all of the H2O2 still exists in the tank, because without flow, very little of it has reacted with anything. Please read the entire thread for details before experimenting. The video instructed to liberally douse everything in the aquarium, plants, rocks, wood, etc. For excel use the dosage amounts on the bottle… then do a 50/50 solution of whichever calls for the smallest volume…. Apr 27, 2020; Thread Starter #6 OP . Best for Algae - Hydrogen Peroxide. I have doing what you suggested for over a year with out results. Daily, double-dosing of Excel doesn't keep BBA at bay. As I said before, Concentration * Flow * Time. Right away? I feel like a slave to my planted aquarium. I’ll let you know the results soon. I hate even looking at it anymore. Livestock: At the moment we have 15 Chili Red Rasboras (Boraras brigittae) and half a zillion Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina sp.). Member. Hydrocotyle leucocephala “Brazilian Pennywort”, Micranthemum Monte Carlo – Planting the Right Amount, CO2 in the Planted Aquarium – A Necessary Luxury. Your email address will not be published. I have been struggling with this nightmare for almost 2 years now. My thinking was that giving the plants CO2 along with my current lighting and fert dosage would give the plants the advantage to out compete the BBA for nutrients. We did not add fish until all the BBA was gone. I have a cheap Koralia clone that with 1,320GPH flow, turned out to be too much for any of my tanks; but I keep it around because it's ideal for this treatment. The algae was almost completely gone from the rest of the tank. I used to read the Barr Report every night, and I fully agree with Tom Barr’s research. I then used a syringe to spot treat the worst areas with the mix. Keep that in mind should you decide to try it, and if you do, please share your results in this thread. Messages 355. But the truth is, most people perform this treatment completely wrong. I'm still battling green long hair algae but peroxide is working. Treating Algae in an Aquarium with Hydrogen Peroxide. But when using this all out method, you MUST remove the livestock. Works great. Removal of Black Beard algae with hydrogen peroxyde - YouTube I like to use a paint brush that is “almost” dripping. :'(, I see you had the same problem, followed the same video, and had the same results I did. But this treatment can burn them badly, especially on sides exposed to direct flow. Since flow is constant through fish gills, to protect them you shorten the time, by wasting none of it with periods where the algae isn't affected, and correctly terminating the treatment. Introduce black algae eating fish to your fish tank. I am still not quite clear what’s stopped the BBA. Also, you might want to comment on that video we saw to warn people about the devastation that could happen. No further large doses are necessary in this case. I’ve added pressurised co2, I have 2 koralia none wave makers and 3 fluval led lamps. Replies to my comments For anyone who wishes to try this, I am changing my initial recommendation for H2O2 to 2 tbsp. etc. There were still spots that were purple, but clearly suffering. They were swimming around and checking out the algae, but they were all dead 2 hours later. I then began to add back prime treated fresh water. And they will continue to be exposed to gradually lessening concentrations, further increasing the stress, as the filter slowly removes it. This worked and nothing suffered from it. Thanks for your reply. Recently I see the use of AlgaeFix being more freely discussed, now that certain people have finally softened their views on it, and mentioning it no longer results in guaranteed chastisement. Before you tear it down and start over, continue reading to learn how we completely removed this stubborn plague from our tank. Moving on now. If you have particular trouble spots, try to ensure they get direct flow during part of the treatment. Water Maintenance: We raise our Jardli glass jet outflows at night to aerate the water and try and break the biofilm on the surface (See the video here). We soaked the log for about 2 months in a plastic bin on our back patio. While I've provided this info in several threads now as personalized help, I feel it deserves a full write-up in its own thread. At one point we were breeding mosquitoes in that bin. The only success I've had is with hydrogen peroxide particularly when I use it for spot treatments. I put in the Blackbeard treatment from a bottle I bought from the … Off-topic but related. My 3 zebra loaches were fine right after I did it. per 10G, down from 4 tbsp. I admire his work and dedication to the hobby. Ferts: Our dosing regimen consists of 1 ml of Seachem Flourish Comprehensive once a week (after water change). It finally started to look like we wouldn’t have to replace our hardscape after all. The algae should turn red, then greyish white, meaning it has died. Member. Hopefully others can soon add their experiences. It looked like cotton in our mosses. If you decide to remove black beard algae using this method, it will work. Turning off the filters does prevent H2O2 from flowing through the biomedia. 2. I will post the results in a week or two. also you can just combine the proper excel dose above with the H202 ratio above (not a strict 50/50 mix) and do it that way…. This is my 2 cents! I’ve been digging around for more information, and many do agree that high organics lead to BBA. Black beard algae is a type of red algae that plagues freshwater and marine aquaria. After that, we did two a week for the next month. Like any ... how do you treat aquarium plants with hydrogen peroxide? Most of it had turned gray. The shrimp are swimming around happily and several of them are pregnant, so it shouldn’t be long before we have another population explosion of RCS. The H2O2 is added. I decided I needed to look into the peroxide method and found this thread. The effect of any chemical is determined by: Concentration * Flow * Time. We had tried so many different methods of removal, and the amount of BBA in the tank was so extreme that we were desperate. And not even using EI protocol !? I have always suspected that having too many organics are the cause of black beard algae. Although it does stop staghorn algae fairly well. You would think so but I've pulled a rock out and sprayed the rock down with pure 3% peroxide for algae and aiptasia and a couple hours after putting the rock back in, I saw an aiptasia or two poke their ugly heads out so for me, no it did not kill the aiptasia. We do weekly water changes, and with a heavily planted tank, it is important to vacuum all the tight areas. I also replaced the liquid in my drop checker. Hopefully, the BBA goes away soon, and I have been spraying a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide. I had the tank back to capacity at about 45 minutes. Thanks for the info! Thankfully our tank is spotless at the moment, but every now and then we have to spot treat with H2O2. If you're doing it in a tank with fish in it. Until then, I plan on scaling back the CO2 and ferts. BBA is no joke when trying to remove it completely from your scape. The video instructed to liberally douse everything in the aquarium, plants, rocks, wood, etc. BBA primarily grows on my driftwood, but it also shows up on the top of the leaves of vallisneria and on slow-growing plants. Already, one mistake has potentially been made, and a path paved to another. By Marios Alexandrou on August 8, 2018. 55 gallon and it is stocked yes. In the case of blue-green algae: 8 to a maximum of 15 ml of the 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide per 50 liters of water. Thank you. was about ready to take both tanks down, but no more!! I've seen mine do it, ripped it off and ate it like it was cotton candy. I’m sure most aquascaping purists would scoff at what we did, but we are still pretty new to the aquascaping hobby (3 years) and we let this outbreak get out of hand before we could put a reign on things. Good Luck! I initially researched EI dosing while setting up our first scape in 2015, and due to information overload with being new to the hobby, soon lost track. So instead, high flow is required to carry it around the tank, to contact the algae and have some positive effect. Thanks again for sharing. The results are typically very poor, at least until you get into such doses that fauna are at risk; and after a few failed attempts, most folks understandably write this option off. It was originally developed to deal with what I call my SOS, "Staghorn On Steroids", as featured in my signature. So the light has no effect, in the time scales we're working with. I did not test the water parameters after treatment. If you have followed our journals about how we fought this battle to remove black beard algae, you already know that we used a pretty harsh treatment. How big is your tank and did you have any fish in it? I would like to use my co2 again but I’m dead scare BBA will come back again. I did not want to reintroduce animals to the tank because I was not sure we weren’t going to have to spot treat in the following days, and after seeing what happened to the fish, didn’t want to take the chance. While we bombed the tank, the fish and shrimp were swimming around frantically. If you weren't already using Excel, or were using it at the recommended dose, add Seachem's recommended initial dose of 5ml per 10G. So we went crazy and sprayed everything in amounts equal to our disgust with this algae. 2 mins; Hygrophila polysperma? Mix 25ml of 6% Hydrogen Peroxide (pictured) with 75ml of tank water in a small container, deep enough to cover your zoa plug. Someone mentioned using bleach but I prefer hydrogen peroxide because you can much more easily kill a plant if not done correctly. 3 mins; Java fern? Getting Rid of Black Beard Algae (BBA) on Driftwood. Cameroon Moss, Fissidens fontanus “Phoenix Moss”, Riccardia chamedryfolia “Coral Moss”, Hemianthus callitrichoides “Dwarf Baby Tears”, Annubias Nana “Petite”, Cambomba carolinianas, Proserpinaca palustris L.”Mermaid Weed”, and Java Fern Lace “Windelov”, and a couple of other species of plants that I can’t think of right off the top of my head. Reduce phosphate (PO4) in the water. Name Email Message. We appreciate your comment. It is commonly referred to as Brush algae because of its soft, fuzzy, hair-like filaments that grow attached to solid surfaces. This treatment does work, but it’s pretty extreme. I thought about ordering some SAEs to eat the algae but by the time I quarantine them and add them to my tank, it will be covered in BBA. Keep the lights on. Typically, the first thing done is to turn off the filters and lights. Dec 18, 2019 . Just please, make sure that you pay careful attention to how much H2O2 you are using because it can be harmful or fatal to the animals. Then the treatment is "terminated", by turning filters and lights back on. There were a few small spots I missed, but decided to leave there as a “controll group”. Black beard algae are one of the worst algae in the aquarium hobby because of how hardy, persistent, and stubborn it is. To kill Black Beard algae with hydrogen peroxide, you need to soak any affected plants, decorations, and aquarium equipment for around three minutes in undiluted 3% H 2 O 2. I am convinced that it was the co2, I am not sure if it is the 50% water changes, Siamese algae eaters that I added, stopping co2, EI dosage or a combination of all. I felt instant remorse afterward because of how our scape looked. I just dosed my tank 4 hours ago. 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