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Philosophos · 06-27-2009, 10:34 PM

My reaction would be to hit the tank with ferts (careful about how fast if you're doing food as ferts) and excel; glut the plants as best you can. Get your existing tank as close to algae free as possible. After that, when you've got nice growth and dieing algae, do your transfer. If you've got algae now, it won't go away on those plants unless you've got a very good improvement of conditions. I tend to chop off anything that gets algae on it, and avoid transport; moving usually doesn't help.

-Philosophos

06-27-2009, 10:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Philosophos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 618 iTrader Ratings: 1 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 32150	Re: removal of algae of plants w/o killing plants My reaction would be to hit the tank with ferts (careful about how fast if you're doing food as ferts) and excel; glut the plants as best you can. Get your existing tank as close to algae free as possible. After that, when you've got nice growth and dieing algae, do your transfer. If you've got algae now, it won't go away on those plants unless you've got a very good improvement of conditions. I tend to chop off anything that gets algae on it, and avoid transport; moving usually doesn't help. -Philosophos