Re: Fluke tabs

["David Soares" <apistodave@bendcable.com>]

I have a question--what cysts?
Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids
David Soares & Uwe Romer
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Carey" <carey@spacestar.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fluke tabs


> At 05:19 PM 8/20/2002, Z-man wrote:
> >most articles say that when the excess LIVE BBS is left uneaten it
> >supplies food for the dormant cysts? or whatever to activate the Hydra.
>
> My theory is that hydra keeps emerging because most aquarists eradicate
> only the living animals but not their cysts.  I assume that this is what
> happens when using fluke tabs -- it treats the current symptoms but
doesn't
> really eliminate the foothold of the pests, and eventually they come
> back.  When I mean business on these pests, I bleach the tank and give the
> plants a bath in potassium permanganate.  It's a lot more work, but the
> removal of hydra seems to be more permanent.
>
> --Randy
>
>
>
>
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