How to treat aggressive Black Beard Algae (BBA) On Bucephalandra

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@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

I know seeing BBA in your tank can be distressing, but peroxide is a very safe way to manage it when used in small amounts. What other ways have you tried to reduce BBA?

@ManillaRd 19 сағат бұрын

Flourish excel does the job for be, applying it with a syringe

@joshmac5887 Жыл бұрын

Great to see how easily it is to be able to remove bba. Thought I had to chuck all my plants, this is a great save! The close up macro shots are very cool too.

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! Yeah, it is definitely a lot easier than I thought. Clears it up quickly too. Thanks for watching!

@junrycalvo Жыл бұрын

Atlast a precise explaination.

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thanks for that! Cheers!

@budakPancing Жыл бұрын

I've been battling bba for 2 decades and I can atest that you can't eliminate them but you can definitely reduce them to almost not visible. Detritus build up and infrequent water changes are the 2 main reasons for them to spread fast. Seachem Excel and Hydrogen peroxide combination can quickly bring bba under control but cannot eradicate them 100%.

@JeiNelson 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. BBA always wins

@amazonmike4207 Жыл бұрын

BEST BBA VIDEO 🎉

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@korean6525 3 ай бұрын

Thank you I’ve been really worried about the peroxide hurting my fish but I will try this method. I have a really bad case. It is covering my filter and plants. It’s awful.

@GavinKohAquascaping 3 ай бұрын

You know, I added the roots of a house plant into my tank and it absorbed a lot of the nutrients and out competed the BBA. Dramatic reduction.

@nichewarrior5913 Жыл бұрын

You've got really high production in your videos. What are you using to film if I may ask. I'm just starting to see bba in my tank now, this is very helpful.

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your nice comments. I'm using a SONY A6500 and I have a wide angle lens and a 90mm Macro which allows me to get all those super close up shots.

@ragingcalmness7815 Жыл бұрын

Great video man, my BBA was bubbling when I spot treated it at the core of my phonix moss chunks where it had settled, yet I can't say I see anything. I only did it once cuz even if I wasnt using much for a 55 gallon, sometimes my kuhli loaches freaking out(could be over nothing) made me stop trying cuz I know how sensitive they are to compare to all my other fish. I did notice 1 spot turn kinda white but I still didnt see it fall. Because the spots are anchored in my tank I couldnt take them out, but I lowered water level drastically to spray them and then slowly refilled the tank. I wonder if that will help! It aint easy but it would be nice for my moss to grow huge someday 😅 All of my other plants are "extra" right now. If the kuhli loaches don't dig them up, my hillstream loach will when she does that butterfly motion stuff. Keep up the good videos, was pretty smooth flowing.

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your nice comments! Yeah, it is a delicate balance with light and mostly nutrients too. Once I introduced a house plant into my tank, the algae went down dramatically as the plant out competed the algae for nutrients. Keep up the experiments!

@erhnamdjinn14 Жыл бұрын

Another good but albeit more expensive is flourish excel dosing.

@GavinKohAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is another good alternative!

@greenthumbaquariums1185 10 ай бұрын

Do you have a "recipe" for a plant dip to treat BBA for plants that aren't as hardy as bucephalandra? I've tried a few experiments and I've melted a lot of plants 🙂

@GavinKohAquascaping 10 ай бұрын

I would simply not dip it as long, perhaps for 30 seconds to a minute.= and no more, especially for softer stem plants. Either that, or you can dilute the peroxide by 50% and see how that works for you. Let me know what you try :)