RE: couple questions

["Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu>]

Thank you all for your inout.
I'll go with a water change, followed by another 3-4 days of blackout,
followed by a light treatment to be on the safe side.
As someone suggested, it might also be due to some nutrient unbalance in the
tank. Something i'll have to look into.
Now: any good source of erythromycin you would know of?

Thank you Mike about the literature advise. I'll forward your email to my
firend and yes it was for a general information book.

Have all a great we.

 Yvan Alleau

Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences/
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
1-541-867-0206


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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:53 AM
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Subject: Re: couple questions


Yvan,

Which book to recommend depends on what your friend is interested in.
For general information, I like the Baensch Aquarium Atlas. There is a
lot of good information in it. The strange thing about me is that I
still use my original aquarium reference a lot too. I bought this book
back in the early 1970's & it is still valuable, and now can be bought
second-hand for about $5 at any used book store. It's Innes's Exotic
Aquarium fishes. If you want this book, I recommend the last issue
before TFH got a hold on it, changed some photos, put a glossy cover on
it, & overcharged for it.

As for the blue-green algae, I think that the darkening the tank method
should work. Once you have it reduced to a minimum, do a major water
change, dose it with Erythromycin (Maracyn is Mardel's trade name for
the same), do a major water change, & see if that doesn't get rid of it.
Usually this problem runs its course in dimly lit tanks. Increasing the
light encourages the growth of green algae which out-compete the
cyanobacteria for nutrients. It should get rid of the blue-green stuff,
but then you will have to work on the green algae. If it isn't one
thing, it's another.

Mike Wise

Yvan Alleau wrote:

>Hi All,
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>A friend of mine was offered a 55gal tank and asked me about a good
>beginner's book. I've been keeping fish for the last 20 years but only 6 in
>the US so I do not know of a good book to advise to him. Any suggestions?
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>My 2nd question concerns cyanobacteria. I have some growing in two 75 gal
>tanks. I let my tanks unattended while I was gone for 10 days and that is
>how they appeared. I am not for using products but despite weekly removal
>and bi-weekly water changes they are still in. I am careful about feeding,
>plant detritus monitoring... and therefore there is low OM in the tank.
>Erythromycin is supposed to do the job. Would someone know where I could
get
>some (that is more than 10 tablets like what you find in stores) at a
>reasonable price? Also, are there other products that can be used
>(kanamycin, other.?).
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>Thanks all,
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>Have  a great week
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>Yvan Alleau
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