"Reel Mckoi" wrote in message
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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I think I'll take the fish out in the spring prior to the first feeding
and nuke whatever is left. The String Algae seems to have survived the
winter,as it got a very early start this year.
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I don't know how many types of string algae there is, but I know some are
worse than cancer - difficult to get rid of and reappearing again and
again. I had one that was like green tangled hair. Another was straight
and looked like fine hair. They covered and strangled the other plants.

I have it in the aquarium (came in from the pond) and pond. The stuff in the
aquarium is manageable, I just cull it once a week. Some of it floats in the
water among the Hornwort and some grows on the back wall of the aquarium. I
leave the stuff on the back wall for the fish (loach food) and the floating
stuff I can collect with my fingers. Occaisonally there will be a single
strand of Hornwort that gets strangled by the stuff and I have to toss it.
Although for the most part the HW seems pretty immune to this stuff. As you
mentioned it just strangles the pond plants, especially the Water Hyacinth.


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