A good aquatic weed tank should achieve "three points of landscaping, seven points of maintenance", and the focus of maintenance is to fight with algae, only a clean and algae-free aquatic grass landscaping can give people a pleasant feeling ↓↓↓
Comparison before and after algae cleaning ↓
Algae are the most common things in aquatic landscapes and aquariums, and we will inevitably deal with them. Before you take action to control the algae, first look at what algae will appear in the aquarium, so as to win the "protracted war on algae removal"↓
Healthy aquatic plants and algae comparison
Here are 10 common species of algae in aquariums:
1. Brown algae
Generally open the cylinder for about a week, brown algae will arrive as scheduled, generally the earliest appears is also the easiest to remove a class of algae ↓
2. Filament algae
Generally after the brown algae, that is, about two months after the establishment of the tank, and sometimes after the growth of other algae, such as the black hairy algae. If filamentous algae appear in the tank, it means that the water quality has been stabilized, and the fish and shrimp will not die for no reason.↓
3. Green hairy algae
Light green, filamentous algae that often grow near the surface of the water or in places with sufficient light sources. They have the characteristics of adhesion growth, they coexist with aquatic plants, grow in good aquatic aquatic tanks, and the aquatic weed tanks with poor conditions do not care to grow out ↓
4. Staghorn algae
It looks like a branch of a deer antler on the outside, and the algae body does not have black hairs and is slender.↓
5. Cyanobacteria
Spreads and grows on solids, in the form of thin layers or from the shape, the appearance is mist-like, rich in slippery colloidal protection, blue-green algae with a special taste. This algae has the ability to fix nitrogen and is a sign of deterioration in water quality↓
6. Black hair algae
Algae that look like small protruding hairs. This algae varies greatly in color, from green to black, and is the most stubborn and terrible algae in the aquatic weed tank, and the reproduction rate is quite amazing↓
7. Green dust algae
Green mucosal algae or seaweed-like algae, light green, smelly algae, very vigorous, like a carpet on the solid surface ↓
8. Green spot algae
Green spotted algae, prefer strong illumination, green spotted algae texture hard ↓
9. Bristol algae
Green filamentous branched algae that look like a moss ball when assembled and grown. Bristles do not feel slippery to the touch, and the silk thread feels hard and thin ↓
10. Silk leaf tanuki
Small carnivorous plants with an active cystic insect-catching structure that can inhale small organisms into the sac and digest and absorb ↓
Methods for removing algae
Next, let's talk about how to remove algae from stone, sunken wood and aquatic plants.
Note: If there is algae growing on the equipment (including inlet and outlet pipes, co2 refiners, thermometers, etc.), remove it and clean it, if necessary, you can use a wire ball, 84 disinfectant or a safer special cleaning agent to soak and so on.
1. Physical removal
Brown algae layer on the glass wall, which can be removed with a scraper knife; As for the algae on the leaves, they can be rubbed off with their fingers, and the severe leaves can be cut off directly ↓
Use a cotton ball to erase the filament algae on The Merfolk Moss ↓
Toothbrush to clean the rock or the wall of the tank green dust algae, with the water change ↓
Cut off the staghorn algae on the sunken wood or stone, and change the water to absorb it ↓
Cut off the excessive water grass leaves of the green spot algae and remove the residual leaves floating on the surface of the water as soon as possible
Note: Don't forget that the fundamental problem is that there are too many residual nutrient sources in the water, such as nitrates, etc. At this time, with the water change, the algae spores can be diluted in large quantities. Good filtration and the right light source, as well as reduced feeding, are the most fundamental ways to cure the root cause.
2. Biological control
Adding algae-eating organisms to eat hypertrophied algae is the most peaceful and ecologically balanced algae control method. But organisms are a tool to assist in algae removal, and cannot be relied upon alone.
1) Use Giant River Prawns to clean up filamentous algae, it is recommended to use 1 / 4L water ↓
2) Black shell shrimp to help clean up brown algae, green algae is more effective, it is recommended to 1-2 / 1L of water, divided into 2-3 times ↓
3) Golden beard cleans up green algae and green dust algae, which is more effective for moss of sunken wood stones ↓
4) The little monkey flying fox cleans up algae such as black hair and antlers↓
5) Elves, black line flying foxes clean up filament algae and green algae, elves are suitable for small tanks, 50 liters of water within 2-3 can be.
Elf ↓
Black line flying fox ↓
6) Most of the algae snails have a certain effect on green spot algae and green dust algae.
Zebra snail ↓
Bee horn snail ↓
I am eating the easter egg snail of the black hair algae ↓
3. Pharmaceutical prevention and treatment
When all control removal methods are not satisfactorily effective, algae removers may be the most effective. Different methods of using algaecides have different effects.
1) Use a fertilizer to slowly "shoot" the algae remover onto the staghorn algae and black hairy algae ↓
It is recommended to temporarily turn off the filter for 5 minutes, so that within 2 hours after adding the algae remover, the algae such as black hairy algae, staghorn algae, and bristle algae will gradually change color, generally first become red, and then become white, and white is the state of death ↓
Note: If some Moss dies if it can't stand the algae remover, replace it with a new Moss after the algae dies.
2) Use a brush to dip in algaecide, lower the water level and apply it to the sunken wood of the long algae, which is suitable for the case of relatively serious algae. Because the algae remover is in direct contact with the algae, this method can effectively eliminate all the algae on the sunken wood and rocks, and it is also equivalent to changing the water ↓ of the aquarium once
3) The potion to remove filarial algae, directly pour the appropriate amount of filaria syrup in the water, can also play a certain role. However, the effect is not as direct as the above method, this method has a significant effect on filamentous algae, adding a half amount of algae remover to the water every other day, and changing the water 1/2 twice a week ↓
Algae is the other side of aquatic plant landscaping, and it must be clearly understood that aquatic weed landscaping is not just a simple matter of placing a stone in a glass jar, putting a piece of wood, and making a rockery. Perfect equipment, hard work, in order to harvest a vat of beautiful scenery.
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