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Old 05-21-2009, 07:07 AM   #228 (permalink)
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Default Re: Flourish Excel got rid of all my algae

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Originally Posted by Jeremy93ls View Post
Great info here.

Although, I've double/triple dosed for 2 weeks now without solving my staghorn algae problem. It's still stuck to the corkscrews and small swords like glue.

I'm about to do some hard pruning and a 30-40% RO water change. Should I continue with the overdosing after the water change?
Personally I never found Excel to eliminate staghorn. The couple times I've seen it I used an old toothbrush to twirl up as much as I could, severe pruning of all I saw, and watched to make sure of ammonia spikes (pulling up of other plants and stirring up substrate) and kept my CO2 levels good.
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