Cleaning HC in a planted tank

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Lots of you keep and grow HC and I stumbled across this YouTube clip by the excellent aquascaper Mark Evans. He shows just how you need to clean your HC in a planted tank.Firm yet gently pushes on top of the HC means the dirt is removed by the roots hold the plant in place. Just perfect.

Hemianthus callitrichoides

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Richard
Richard

there’s no easy fix once algae has appeared. Do you have shrimp?

in a co2 infused aquarium flourish is no good as it’s only for non CO2 tanks. Use Neutro+ instead.

Fundaddy
Fundaddy

I made a rookie mistake with my hc and now have alge growing quite rapidly. What would be the best direction for cleaning? I was even going to look at h2o2.

I have enough light..maybe too much.
I belive I fed it too much florish , not excel.
Co2 is at 3 bubble per 4 sec. In 6 gallon tank.
PH 5.5 can go as high as 6.
I am attempting to get hc to grow in my fluval edge.

Richard
Richard

Use a syphon http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/superfish-aqua-syphon-set-p-3901.html

Michael
Michael

I just started with HC. What cleaning equipment did he use for that?

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