How much peroxide to use

[Country joe]

I wish to clean wood and some rocks with black beard algae by using peroxide, which I have never used, does it have to be 3% peroxide, and I'm going to dip them in a plastic bin, how much peroxide per gallon of water, and how long would you keep them in the bin, and I know afterwards to rinse with water.
That's all folks, any answers will be appreciated.

 

[FranciscoB]

In my experience, if you are taking the items out into a plastic bin, then peroxide is not the way to go. I would instead physically remove as much of the BBA as possible, followed by nuking them in Chlorox solution for at least overnight. The, rinse and soak some hours in clean water, and finally keep overnight in water with high concentration of dechlorinator.
Peroxide is good but is intended as a spray upon surfaces in the tank. It quickly denatures. Good luck!

 

[Country joe]

I googled and chlorox solution is just a form of bleach, in one forum it says you have to be really careful as it can soak right into the wood, and even when washing it only takes very little to kill your fish, I also read you can wait till a dry sunny day, which is rare in Scotland, and put the wood out till dry, then brush the algae off, it would be dead and come of easily., I would be very wary using bleach, but maybe its just me being over cautious

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

The trouble with algae such as BB is no matter how many times you remove it, it will keep coming back unfortunately until you treat the root cause of why it's present in the first place

 

[Country joe]

The trouble with algae such as BB is no matter how many times you remove it, it will keep coming back unfortunately until you treat the root cause of why it's present in the first place

Thanks for that, my tanks are in a spare bedroom, I have the blinds permanently closed,I have also cut my light timer from 8 hours to 6, these two things were done 3 months ago, my other tank in the room has no algae., I alsohave live plants, I even tried 3 months ago putting the tank in total darkness for a week, so I have tried other options, and lastly I have also used Algifix

 

[BigDog]

You have to take care of the reason why your aquarium is causing the BB algae problem?

How long are your lights on for?

How powerful are your lights

Please take some pictures of your setup for us

This can help us to determine what is going wrong with your aquarium

How many times do you do water changes per week on your affected aquarium

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Thanks for that, my tanks are in a spare bedroom, I have the blinds permanently closed,I have also cut my light timer from 8 hours to 6, these two things were done 3 months ago, my other tank in the room has no algae., I alsohave live plants, I even tried 3 months ago putting the tank in total darkness for a week, so I have tried other options, and lastly I have also used Algifix

Yeah it's an absolute pain I've battled it a few times so I feel your frustration. What is the water circulation like in the tank and how often are you doing water changes?

 

[GaryE]

I have a multi-tank set up. On one rack, I have 6 end out 10 gallon tanks, with single pairs of killies in each. They're under the same lights, with the same water, substrate, maintenance (30% changes every 7-10 days) and plant species. 4 of the 6 have black beard algae. The other 2 are clean. Why?

Because!

I find it comes somewhat randomly, and goes the same way. If we check in in 6 months, it could all be gone. Or, it could be everywhere. Once it gets in, it leaves on its own sweet time. But here at least, it does leave.

Eventually.

One pattern I find interesting is that when it does die in a tank, it is generally a long time before it pops up again. It may appear in a tank that hasn't had it, or hasn't had it for years, but rarely recolonizes in a hurry. I have filled a syringe with peroxide and given it shots. It dies off at that spot, without a soak. It reacts quickly. But it always survives somewhere else.

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

The BB I had in my tank eventually went away but not because of something I did, the plants simply outgrew the algae and I'm assuming cut off it's nutrient supply. It liked to grow around the filter inlet and outlets where the flow was at its strongest

 

[Country joe]

,l)

You have to take care of the reason why your aquarium is causing the BB algae problem?

How long are your lights on for?

How powerful are your lights

Please take some pictures of your setup for us

This can help us to determine what is going wrong with your aquarium

How many times do you do water changes per week on your affected aquarium

 

[MaloK]

I always thought it thrives the most on "bad lightning" Phosphate and Nitrate and prefers strong current.

If you have slow growing plants in general and have a powerful plant light. I can make the problem irreversible for sure. For example Java fern and anubias that are in too much light will be perfect victims.

It takes months to fall under control. With good nutrients control and playing with light settings.

I end at a fraction of the power of the light and the blue even lower. I still have some small remains on some plant leaves. But it's recessing continuously and should become invisible soon.

When the last bit of it will be gone I'll wait a month and crank up the blue back to normal to see how thing reacts.

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

,l)

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Lovely! My instinct says turn the lights down, your plants will be ok with a little less

 

[Country joe]

Lovely! My instinct says turn the lights down, your plants will be ok with a little less

My light is a 12 w led, single light, 1350 lumens, and I vacuum and do a 20% water change weekly, I run a fluval 307 and a fluval mini filter in my 200 litre tank, I'm running the mini filter so I can use it in a hospital tank.my ammonia and nitrite is nil, my nitrate is nil and phosphate nil.

 

[MaloK]

My light is a 12 w led, single light, 1350 lumens, and I vacuum and do a 20% water change weekly, I run a fluval 307 and a fluval mini filter in my 200 litre tank, I'm running the mini filter so I can use it in a hospital tank.

Can you control the power output of the light ?

Lower it to 30% and post a new picture

 

[Country joe]

Can you control the power output of the light ?

Lower it to 30% and post a new picture

Sorry I can't, it's the light that came with the diversa tank, I like it, as it on a timer just switches on at 10 am an off at 4pm, I like things simple, can't do with a lot of settings, I don't get on with technology,I forgot to say I also have a fluval uvc in line clarifier that runs daily for 6 hours