Re: Blue-green algae

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Francine,

Usually you can use Erythromycin(Maracyn) to treat blue green algae, not
sure what the effect would be on the fry.  I try to avoid using
antibiotics if at all possible......this plague will not hurt the fish.
If I get this in a tank...the tank is out of balance, what I do is add
some fast growing plants (green hygo, water sprite, floating plants), and
do more frequent water changes, eventually it goes away.

Kathy

PS also probably provides infusoria for the fry

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Fbethea wrote:

> Hi all,
> I need help.  I have one 10 gal tank that has a clutch of orange flash
> cacatuoides.  Unfortunantly, this tank has a blue-green bacteria plaque. 
> The fry were free swimming February 4th.  Will it be safe to treat this tank
> with Maracyn?
> 
> Francine (Apistogramma Mama) 
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