"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"Reel Mckoi" wrote in message
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** Water lettuce and hyacinth are heavy feeders and do help clear the
water. Add 1 Tbs. of Potash per 1000 gallons so they can soak up the
nitrates and phosphates. The algae will starve.....

Hmm I'll have to try adding a little potash.

* It can be the limiting factor in whether these floaters thrive and starve
the algae.

Oh! while I'm at it, I noticed that the lilies blooms will submerge, and
then after a day or so, rot and die.

* Lily flowers open above the water surface for only a few days. They then
dunk the closed blossom under water where they rot away.

Can they be "floated" for a longer life?

* Not that I know of.

I'm thinking those small foam spacers that come with bulk blank discs
would be perfect for something like that.

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