I'm thinking of just biting the bullet and getting the biggest bottle I can find online. My tanks looked much nicer when they were getting dosed with Excel and for the last few weeks I've been trying to fine- tune my photo period so the plants aren't overrun with algae. On Apr 30, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Seattle_Aquarist wrote: > Hi Phil and Laurel, > > > > You might try Denny's Pet World in Kirkland, call first and ask for > Seachem > Flourish Excel. I was at A Place for Pets in Burien yesterday and > they had > one or two bottles on the shelf. Tom indicated further down on this > thread > that Midway had it for $8.99 for 8.5 ounces which is a good price at > LFS (my > LFS charged over $10 for the same size). With the high dosage I was > using, > I used up most of my 8.5 ounces bottle in the week of treatment for > my 45 > gallon tank. If I were to do it over, I might try the lower rate > recommended by Luis and used by Erik and Larry and figure a two week > treatment period. I am putting together an order for equipment for > the 30 I > am setting up and buying Excel 16.9 ounce at Thatfishplace.com for > $8.49 > since it will not affect my shipping cost for the other stuff I am > ordering. > > > > I am still doing a maintenance treatment on my tank. No Hair Algae, > BBA, or > Staghorn Algae has reappeared in the last few days. I have not > changed > anything in my tank (fert dosing, light duration, water changes) and > other > than algae on the glass all other algae in my tank is gone. I am > pleased > with the results so far. > > > > Here are a couple of good links concerning Excel and its active > ingredient, > glutaraldehyde, if you are interested: > > > > http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquarium-algae-control-specific- > problems/3806-flourish-excel-got-rid-all-my.html > > > > http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/south-western-ohio-aquatic-plant > -enthusiasts/31615-glutaraldehyde-instead-excel.html > > > > Roy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member