Black brush algae solution

**smaug** · 02-02-2010, 10:15 PM

My wifes nano tank at her school has suffered a filter death.At the moment we found it better advised to just transfer the few fish she had to other tanks.There was also a coffefolia anubia in there that was growing pretty well but was covered in bba.I dropped it in my tank last night thinking my sae would maybe like a snack and today 24hs later its leaves are perfectly clean.If I would have known it would have been this dramatic I would have taken a before and after pic.There isnt a spec of bba left on any of its 10 or so leaves that were once coated.I knew my sae did a good job but this is remarkable.Now if they will just get the rest of it off the stems

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**MCHRKiller** · 02-02-2010, 10:20 PM

They are impressive algae eaters, I keep rosey barbs in my planted to get at any brush/bba for the same reason.

**toysrus** · 02-02-2010, 10:21 PM

Let me know how the beans are after harvesting. Lmao....

**souly** · 02-02-2010, 10:23 PM

SAE's do love that BBA! my CAE only eats a little of it though :/

**rich311k** · 02-02-2010, 10:45 PM

Now I want a dozen of them. I hate BBA.

**souly** · 02-02-2010, 10:46 PM

Floruish works well on removing BBA. I posted a small little thing about it in the algae section :P

**smaug** · 02-03-2010, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by toysrus

Let me know how the beans are after harvesting. Lmao....

Just an observation ,I see from your sig and in your profile that you have sae in a 10 gal.Thats not a big enough tank for them,just thought Id give you a heads up and save you some future problems.