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Re: Green water
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- Subject: Re: Green water
- From: Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:45:51 -0700
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Algaefix does nothing good in my tanks, tried it on several kinds of
algae. Mostly kills stem plants. One time it wiped out hair algae and I
got all excited, but then it didn't do squat on two other types of hair
algae.
Anyone got an HOT Magnum with the superfine filter? Heard that sometimes
works. Don't bother with the Whisper Diatomagic, but I hear the Vortex
Diatom filter will work. If you can get someone to loan you one, the
resulting algae/diatom paste makes a great addition to the garden.
If you are not using super strong filtration you could remove any
carnivorous fish and add daphnia or rotifers, they should take it out,
and then when it's gone do a massive water change to remove the little
critters before they crash and pollute the tank. Even if you do have
carnivorous fish they likely will leave rotifers alone, unless they are
very small fish.
Definitely turn down heat, and is it possible there is phosphate in your
tapwater? It's in mine... I use only R/O water now in the marine tanks
as phosphate is very bad. We also have toxic levels of nitrate and
ammonia, according to my test kits. I now drink R/O too... The nitrate
and ammonia wouldn't do much in the freshwater tanks other than
fertilize the plants, but in the marine tanks it's a very bad thing.
Did you by any chance use Job's plant spikes in the substrate? That's
what set my greenwater off. Now I culture greenwater on purpose to feed
the rotifers. Go figure. It's hard to grow on purpose!
Olympia, It's the Water
Kate
Bob and Judy Holmes wrote:
I'm getting really tired of fighting a recurring green water problem
in one of my planted tanks and am ready to resort to chemical warfare.
There is a product available called AlgaeFix that the mfrs claim is
very effective and is safe for fish and plants. Has anyone had any
experience with this stuff? Is it available locally? Any info would
be appreciated. Thanks.
Bob.
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- From: Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com>