Thanks Carol. While that sounds counterintuitive, I did just add excel for the first time last week before the crash. Hmmm... -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Carol Ewing Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:14 PM To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat' Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Am I doing the right thing with Vals? I don't have any personal experience with either Vals or Excel, but I have read that certain plants including Vals and Crypts will melt when dosed with Excel. In doing a google search I see comments both supporting and disparaging this idea. So don't know how accurate it is. Carol -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Shango Los Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:26 PM To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat' Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Am I doing the right thing with Vals? So, I am curious if Laurel ever got any feedback about her wasting away Vals. I know we talked about substrate a bit but I too wonder about this wasting thing that happened. I just lost a big green field of vals that turned transparent and melted all of a sudden within a week. Is this a clear sign of a particular ailment or does it descibe a host of possible issues? Thanks Shango _______________________________________________ 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