Blue Green Algae

[phillyofish]

has anyone had this and rid their tanks of it?
I have a 75 gallon with plants that were fed with CO2 and lighting. Since the outbreak i have cut back on lighting and eliminated the CO2. I plan on taking out the driftwood and the rocks to let it dry in the heat for a couple of days. I plan on moving the fish to a new tank with new sand and water. any thoughts if this will eliminate the cyanobacteria?
it is also on the edges of my plants.

[joe_jaskot]

The only product I know of that works on removing blue green algae is Ultra Life Blue Green Algae Remover. It works if used as directed. Safe for plants and fish. http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/24479/product.web

[TwoTankAmin]

You don't need to do all of that. You just need to do the old tripple threat treatment.

1. Manually remove as much of the bga as you can using a small sized siphon. I used airline hose with a rigid plastic tube of slightly narrower diameter.
2. Hit the tank with the recommended single dose of EM or Maracyn.
3. Black out the tank for 4 days.
4. Day 5 do a good vacuuming to remove dead bga and do a 50% or more water change. Rinse out all media.

Dead bga makes ammonia which is why you want to be sure to follow Steps 1 and 4. If you want to be a belt and suspenders type, then do a 2nd dosing of the antibiotic on day 2.

This was how I finally eliminated the worst case of bga I ever had. I tried for a couple of months with one thing or another but the combo attack is what finally did it.

[DJRansome]

I also use physical removal and erythromycin (Maracyn2) to kill it off. I do the full 5 days treatment with meds though and no blackout.

And then eliminate the cause because it will come right back if you don't.

[Tito]

The only product I know of that works on removing blue green algae is Ultra Life Blue Green Algae Remover. It works if used as directed. Safe for plants and fish. http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/24479/product.web

I used it and it worked! Thx Joe!!

[jroo99]

Maybe I just got lucky but I manually scooped it all out with a strainer spoon and it didn't come back. However it was only growing on my sand and lifted off like a carpet.

[phillyofish]

I have it on the edges of my plants