Aquarium Algae Control by Bleaching, Cleaning Remove green hair & brown algae, diatom bleach

Algae control and cleaning for artificial coral reefs. Aquarium Algae Control, Aquarium Algae Removal by Bleaching, Aquarium Algae Cleaning, Remove green algae, brown algae, diatom, green hair algae with aquarium bleach. Many aquariums have a variety of nuisance algae, including brown algae, diatom, green hair algae in saltwater fish aquariums, and green algae in freshwater fish tanks. The most common and efficient aquarium algae control methods are by carrying out regular water changes, keeping algae-eaters, controlling light, reducing nitrate level, avoid over-feeding and over-crowding. A properly maintained aquarium should not have noticeable algae. Should nuisance algae appear on Instant Reef® Artificial Coral Reef décor, follow these simple suggestions: 1) Take artificial corals out of the aquarium, use low pressure water to flush, or use a soft brush to clean. 2) Labor-free algae cleaning by using algae eaters. For example: In saltwater tanks, marine snails crawl, algae is cleaned. Keeping snails at a rate of one snail per 10 gallons of water is sufficient enough. Astrea Snails, Margarita Snails are good candidates. In freshwater tanks, plecos and catfish are good candidates
3) Removing the Instant Reef® Artificial Coral Reef from the tank and letting it dry then placing it back in the tank is a way to turn the algae into healthy fish food. 4) Many professional aquarium contractors use bleach to clean Instant Reef® Artificial Coral Reef inserts, they think it is easy, fast, and using proper concentration of bleach is safe to aquarium fish. In this video we show you how to use bleach to clean algae on Instant Reef® Artificial Coral Reef inserts. Caution: bleach can be hazardous, using bleach is at your own risk, color-fading and peeling is not covered in the warranty. Instant Reef is not responsible for fish loss or other damage. Always wear proper protection like goggles, rubber gloves. We prepared a 20 gallon tank, a power head, and a medium-size Instant Reef® Artificial Coral Reef insert. This insert had been used for almost two years, as you can see, green algae has covered 90% of it, original colors could not be seen. We purchased two 3-quart bottles of bleach at a local convenient store, each bottle costs $1.50 Mix 10% bleach solution by adding nine parts water with one part bleach. For example, 1 gallon of bleach mix with 9 gallons of water. Use bleach and plain water only, do not add other chemicals. Pour bleach into water, use a power head to circulate water. Carefully dip the artificial coral reef into mixed 10% bleach solution. Do not use bleach concentrate higher than 10% Within 5 minutes, algae starts to disappear. Original colors of corals start to re-appear. After 15 minutes, only few algae left on corals tips, which can be removed later by water flushing. Do not bleach for more than 15 minutes
If you cannot accommodate a deep enough container for your coral, put the artificial coral reef insert upside down, in order to clean the upper half. After another 15 minutes, insert the upper half was to clean and complete the process. A plastic tube was connected to the power head when draining off bleach solution. Disposal should be in accordance with applicable regional, national and local laws and regulations. It is very important to rinse artificial coral reef thoroughly before returning it back into aquarium. WARNING: Bleach residue can be hazardous to aquarium life. It is recommended to soak artificial reef inserts in a container, completely submerged, put in a garden hose, let water run and overflow for minimum of 2 hours, making sure both inside and outside are free of bleach. See final results in less than 30 minutes, before bleaching, the artificial coral reef insert was heavily covered by algae. After bleaching it regains its colors, making it appear just like new!

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Pets & Animals

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• aquarium algae
• algae control
• algae removal
• algae cleaning
• green algae
• green hair algae
• diatom
• brown algae
• aquarium setup
• aquarium maintain
• aquarium maintenance

[cozmoz365]

Surely rinsing and then treating it with dechlorinator in a similar manner would remove any harmful chemicals found in household bleach?

[anyan88063]

@cozmoz365 We have not tested using dechlorinator. I suggest not to use any chemical to clean aquarium decor. the best way is keeping regualr water changes. thank you

[qoyiyi]

just dose magnesium to kill the hair algae.

[anyan88063]

@qoyiyi Many aquarium service companies use bleach, we do not recommend it. The best way to keep a clean aquarium is carrying out regular water change. Happy fish keeping!

[qoyiyi]

@anyan88063 Well, I'm against using bleach for aquarium and magnesium don't have in bleach. Just sharing how people in this hobby did to control nuisance algae.

[anyan88063]

@qoyiyi I agree, thank you for sharing

[xxcjh915xx]

It does work as long as its rinsed and soaked in water and a bottle of declorinator for a night

[anyan88063]

@leeroybrowns I can not agree MORE :) we don't recommend to bleach, but we have many people asking about it. so we made this video to show the safest way to bleach. thank you

[anyan88063]

@BLEACHorUV We do NOT recommend to bleach. But we have a lot of distributors do, they are all aquarium service companies. So we made this video to show how to bleach safely. The best way keeping your aquarium clean is water change, no other tricks :)

[BLEACHorUV]

Don't use BLEACH to clean your aquarium. Use UV Ultra Violet disinfection technology to safely treat your tank. No risk to the fish.