• how to fight against filamentous algae and green cyanobacteria

  • Jeffrey6189

Good afternoon, could you please tell me if experienced marine aquarium enthusiasts can use Tetra Algizit or Algostop depot to combat hair algae and green cyanobacteria? Are there other more effective and reliable methods?

Christopher4125

There is patience and mechanical cleaning, with good water and proper water changes, along with mandatory water testing in the reef. To assist the reef, two fish are recommended: the foxface rabbitfish and the algae blenny - Salarias fasciatus.

Amy

Solaris eats fouling with glass /there were two/. And the Fox is a bomb.

Angel2396

I have a volume of 120 liters, I'm afraid it's a bit small for a fox.

Paul

rent or buy a rabbit, it will eat in a week

Julie3950

Yes, fish and snails will clean up the consequences. But we should look for the cause, and we are once again struggling with the consequences.

Brandy

With zero readings of phosphate and nitrate, the algae stopped growing and began to decay. In the aquarium, the stones were lushly covered with several types of bryopsis. Mechanical control was ineffective. I bought a rabbit and a fox. And that's the end of the tale. The aquarium is clean. Meanwhile, I kept hearing stories about nitrates and phosphates, that even if they are not detected, they still exist, just deeply hidden, and that they need to be found and fought against, then the algae will disappear on its own, to the sound of drumrolls. I lost a year, with tweezers and a toothbrush.

Brooke

I will reveal a well-known secret. The determination of phosphates by the drop method is... a little self-deception.

Martha

We were already titling in college; maybe the professors were deceiving us, but I don't think so. After all, they were old-timers from the Soviet era, although you might also be a chemistry professor.

Dennis

But I don't care at all what the test shows, to put it bluntly; the main thing is that I've achieved results and have been without grass for six months.

Brianna

As for the essence of the question of phosphate determination, GOST

Joseph8842

I tell all the respected forum members who read this topic that I really don't care how the state laboratory determines phosphate in water. Especially in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan. No one doubts that drinking water is tested more seriously than with salifert, as it concerns people's health. The main thing in our work is to achieve results, preferably positive ones for ourselves, and to share them with people, especially those who ask about it.