View Single Post
  #3   Report Post  
Old 19-07-2003, 08:02 PM
donovan n
 
Posts: n/a
Default CO2 - Here's the straight sh*(


"Bill Beam" wrote in message
...
CO2 helps one thing grow in your tank and it ain't plants - it's algae

DO NOT USE CO2 - This is no troll - I've tried for one year now and it
makes black hair algae grow like mad - save yourself money and
trouble. Just don't do it.


If you have too much of one thing and not enough of another, algae will
grow. But as long as everything is balanced (CO2, Lighting, and nutrients)
and you have plants capable of growing fast enough to take advantage of it;
you won't have a problem with algae.
It is difficult to find that proper balance, tho.
--donovan