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.
It looks so much larger when it’s empty.
The herbicide tablets were fizzy!
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