Cleaning Algae From Plants

bubble1807
  • #1
I made the mistake of letting someone clean my plant leaves from algae and instead of actually getting rid of it they ripped most leaves on my Anubias. Is there any way I can clean the algae without scrubbing it off- like a bleach dip as I don't want to clean it and risk damaging them more. If so how do I do it? I do have 2 plecos in that tank but they're really not interested in my plants. Any ideas? Thanks
 

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ashenwelt
  • #2
What type of algae?
 

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bubble1807
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
There's brown algae which is easy to just wipe off but there's some black algae whit is a pain to get off the plants
 
AngelTheGypsy
  • #4
I had some black algae on an Anubias. In the past I tried bleach, but killed the plant not the algae. I took this one out, squirted it with hydrogen peroxide and rubbed it off, came off almost as easy as diatoms. Rinsed and replanted. Black algae gone, plants healthy
 
ashenwelt
  • #5
I had some black algae on an Anubias. In the past I tried bleach, but killed the plant not the algae. I took this one out, squirted it with hydrogen peroxide and rubbed it off, came off almost as easy as diatoms. Rinsed and replanted. Black algae gone, plants healthy

Black algae is cut off the leaf...

Diatoms, a small paint brush can help brush into the water column for the filter to grab.
 
bubble1807
  • Thread Starter
  • #6
Black algae is cut off the leaf...

Diatoms, a small paint brush can help brush into the water column for the filter to grab.

I cut some of the bigger leaves off bit the rest were totally cleanable. Looks great now!!
 

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