UltraLife - So Did It Work!

[@MerbeastsFishRoom-s7e]

It sucks you lost your plants. This hobby has its highs and lows. The betta tank is awesome to watch.

[@garageaquatics2023]

Tanks, Merb. I'm hoping the roots are still good on most of them. Time will tell.

[@josepolanco1228]

Seachem excel they market it as a liquid carbon, like you said labeling is a problem if they market it as an algecide. Which is more of what it is.

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@josepolanco1228 interesting.

[@markfranklin8831]

That seems to work great. Sorry about the melt back. I watch someone do similar to jungle val and it melted back on them but left the roots and they came back so maybe the crypts will also. IDK. good luck

[@garageaquatics2023]

It did work great. I do have a load more of the Crypts I pulled from two other tanks so that's not too big of a deal. I'll wait a while and if they don't come back, maybe I'll replace the Crypt parva. We'll see.

[@GCaquatics]

WOW that is a HUGE difference, i would call that a good product.

[@garageaquatics2023]

Yeah, likewise!

[@GCaquatics]

13 bucks not bad for all the headache it cures :D

[@josepolanco1228]

Tank looks much better Ron

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@josepolanco1228 thank you, Jose! Did you see the link for the Jungle Val? I put it into a couple replies yesterday or the day before.

[@GCaquatics]

OUCH sorry bout all the melting.

[@garageaquatics2023]

Lesson learned. I do have a load more of the Crypts I pulled from two other tanks. There are a couple other plants I might replace.

[@josepolanco1228]

I guess too much of a good thing is not good. I like using peroxide, but with caution.

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@josepolanco1228 yeah. Me too. I sure overdid this time.

[@TarasTankFriends]

That's really too bad about all the melting, hopefully some of those can come back from the roots 🤞 Looks like the ultra life worked well! Regarding what it contains, obviously I don't know, but I do think it's interesting that it said you do not need to remove carbon (with chemi clean you do). Unless there's a form of erythromycin that carbon can't neutralize/remove, I would guess because of that there's no erythromycin in ultra life. 🤷‍♀️ Regardless, glad you had good success with it! 🙂👍

[@garageaquatics2023]

That's what the box says, but someone else was commenting they think that there is erythromycin and algicides. The plants are replaceable. I pulled loads of the red Crypts out of two other tanks. It's the little Crypt parva I'm going to replace. There was also a little lily start. I hope that survives. BUt in the grand scheme of things - that stuff worked amazingly on that cyanobacteria. Enjoy the day!

[@SkullAquatics]

It seemed to work. I can't say Goodeids eat algae but I have about 20 Goodeid tanks and there is no algae 👍👍👍

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@SkullAquatics I saw a video somewhere where they said Goodeids eat Blackbeard algae. I heard that about Amano shrimp too. They do not. 😁

[@razinfishes1918]

Yea I had an issue in the past with one of my tanks with that cyanobacteria I treated it with erythromycin and I haven't had any issues since. On another subject get you a Siamese algae eater they will take care on the black bear algae for you.

[@garageaquatics2023]

I will look for some. We've got limited resources here.

[@razinfishes1918]

@@garageaquatics2023 where are you located? If in the US you can get some through Auqa huna or pretty much alot of online fish dealers

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@razinfishes1918 I'm in Palm Desert, CA near Palm Springs. I just looked - Aqua Huna does have some. Thanks!

[@razinfishes1918]

@@garageaquatics2023 so I did a video series on Black Beard algae a part 1 and part 2. It will show you the process Siamese algae eaters do Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip_agGuChpdnZtksi=KI61M8Hya4Twg7jE Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmGvpWCFrZ2jpLMsi=OSOQpjJVkpBZqIpy

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@razinfishes1918 Oh, very cool. I just opened the link. I'll check them out. Thanks!

[@MerbeastsFishRoom-s7e]

Are the plants bouncing back?

[@garageaquatics2023]

It may take a while.

[@Merb34st]

It's not an algaecide, it is a stain remover.

[@garageaquatics2023]

@@Merb34st got it. I was going by what's on the package. Tanks.

[@Merb34st]

I am so sorry, where were my manners? Tanks for sharing! ​@@garageaquatics2023