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Old 29-08-2003, 08:32 PM
Tumbleweed
 
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Default Oxygenators seem to be dying


"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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Finally finally, you could probably get by until then by just

refilling
the
barrel with clean water, that will give the lily something better

than
rotting gunge to overwinter in.

Surely the most straightforward way of coping is to simply replace a

quarter
or so of the water daily until the problem disappears?

Franz

Dont forget there are no fish. I doubt the lily would care whether the

water
was 25% changed or all in one go,and you'd also be sure to get all the
rotting gunge at the bottom which a water change wouldnt necessarily

touch
and which appears to be the root of the problem.

But surely one would scrape up any excesive amount of rotting stuff by

hand
as a first step towards clearing up the barrel?

Franz



Indeed, but it was you who advised 'simply' a 25% water change and no
mention of removing gunge.....
Besides which to remove the gunge, probably the simplest way is it to take
out the lily and then just wash the whole barrel out. Otherwise you'll stir
up the gunge and create a mess which will stay there if you only change 25%
of the water.

Tw