how to kill riccia - Aquarium Plants

Patrice · **how to kill riccia -** 12-31-2006, 12:48 AM

Hi,
I have a big bunch of e-tennelus here but it contain trace of riccia stuck in it. I dont want to put it in my tank cause that would mixt the riccia with my dwarf riccia (and I dont want that).
Is there a good and effective way to kill those trace of riccia?

thx

JoeBanks · 12-31-2006, 05:05 AM

Excel kills riccia when overdosed. Peroxide will also work at 1oz per 10G.

Patrice · 12-31-2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeBanks

Excel kills riccia when overdosed. Peroxide will also work at 1oz per 10G.

great! Excel is not avalable where I live but I have peroxide. Do you think that this will harm the E tenellus as well?

JoeBanks · 12-31-2006, 05:02 PM

If properly diluted (1 oz per 10G) it shouldn't kill anything but the riccia, and any algae that may be on the tennelus. I never tried it with tennelus specifically, but it never harmed any other plants in my experience.

Patrice · 12-31-2006, 05:07 PM

great I'll try that.

Sintei · 01-09-2007, 09:39 PM

so how did it go?

Tom Barr · 01-09-2007, 10:44 PM

Unfortunately Excel does not kill Bladderwort

There's are a few liverworts other than Riccia that Excel kills pretty effectively also.

The selectivity is better with Riccia and liverworts than with Cladophora.
I'm after a good, well better method than picking and Exceling this alga, blackout combos worked well in the past, but I still think there's a better method tog et rid of this one.

Killing Riccia selectively is a very useful tool.

Regards,
Tom Barr