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Hi i have a flurishing anubius with two problems:

1.It's covered in a thick green algae, i have 4 bristlenoses who since i removed a teritorial fish have been on occasionally but all but the new leaves are smothered in it

and

2. It's growing so well on the log i attached it to (well attacted now)it's reached the glass! I've read you can cut it in two but a little hesitant as i've not done anything like that before so would really appreciate all the adivse i can get.
Thanks

Yvette

Hi,
Sounds like you have a flourishing plant that is being
overcome by the algae.

You can separate the plants with a razor blade. Simply
pick a spot that has healthy roots, and leaves and then
sever it with a razorblade. It must be a clean, sharp
cut, not a pinch from dull scissors. I'd use sections
of at least an inch in length.

As far as the algae is concerned, you don't mention alot
about the tank.. how much light, type, "K" rating, CO2,
What other plants are in the tank, and how many (few, some,
alot) and so on. It sounds as if there are not alot of
plants that can out compete the algae for the nutrients.
Or, you could have a nutrient imbalance that is favoring
the algae. Anubius is a slow growing plant and as such
does not place a great demand on the nutrient reservoir.

Here is a link to a algae site that might help:
[link=http://www.otocinclus.com/articles/algae.html]http://www.otocinclus.com/articles/algae.html" style="COLOR: #FF00FF[/link]

Frank


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Hi there Frank thanks for that link

It would appear i have beard algae!!Green can't be scratched off! It said there's a chemical to treat not keen on that idea would SAE'S eat this type of algae???

It's a lone plant at the moment i have big dreams and desires for my tank but am doing it slowly

My tank is as follows:

2 foot cube, with 4 bristlenose cats, 5 albino cory's, 1 upsidedown catfish and my partner just bought me a salmon cat. 1 anubias more than doubledin about 6-8 months???? and one huge piece of driftwood.

I am not currently running co2 as i don't need it at this point with only 1 plant being an anubias!

Lighting i have 1 light on a timer on at 10 am and off at 9.30 pm its 18watts and a 10000k bulb

Also the plant is sitting on the log as i mentioned but i didn't mention that the top of the log is approx 3/4 up to the top of the tank

Thanks Yvette

Last edited by dannisyvette at 13-Oct-2005 11:02

You can kill the algae by removing the anubias from the tank, placing the plant in a sealed plastic bag and placing the bag in a dark place for a week or two. The plant is very tough and will withstand the blackout but the algae will die.

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