My aquarium has a heavy infestation of cyanobacteria. As I said a few days ago , I haven’t made time to clean it. Two days ago, I finally did it – I connected the pieces of the tube mechanism that sucks the water out of my aquarium. I cleared out all the decorations, and cleaned out as much algae as I could.
But the algae started growing back. Already yesterday I could see fibers of cyanobacteria spreading across the glass. Ack!
While I was shopping for some traveling supplies for Gus at the pet store, I also looked to see what the aquarium section had that might kill algae. I was ready to use the nuclear option and get a powerful chemical.
When you try to kill cyanobacteria, you can either attack the animal part with antibiotics, or attack the plant part with herbicide. Both chemicals have their drawbacks, but I decided to go with the herbicide. I dropped the tablets in last night. Here’s hoping they work.
Doesn’t that turn your fish into some sort of mutant attack water creatures?
I pray for your safety.
Just so long as you don’t wind up with one of these after all is said and done: http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r180/Samwanda/Blog%20CREATURE/CBL119.jpg