I had thought about that, but wondered what effect that would have on my
plants. Do you have a planted tank ?


"Al Boswell" wrote in message
...
Shawn
I have eliminate Green water by turning the lights off until the water
cleared, about three days.
Al

"Shawn P. Good" wrote in message
...
Does anyone have experience treating "green water algae" infestations
with
barley straw extract ? What were your conclusions ? Did it work or not
work ?

Also, does it actually *kill* the algae ? Or does it just clarify the
water
in some other way ? I have a 55gal tank and the bottle I was looking at
online at www.thatfishplace.com says it treats 2,500gals. So that's
making
me think now that I have the infestation, I'll have to treat it forever
and
ever.

If barley straw extract ISN'T the best way to deal with green water
algae,
what is ?

Thanks - Shawn