http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA032 Is one of many papers (fact Sheets) on
use of PP. There are many other papers and articles concerning PP on
this website. Just sub the following additional fact sheet numbers in
place of the FA032 number in the above URL.

Their server is often very very busy and or slow, and they do take it
offline periodically to update things.

Additional papers on PP a

FA041
FA033
FA027
FA004

If you measure the amount of PP carefully, and know the exact gallons
in the pond and check and recheck your figures PP is relatively safe
and easy to use and does a terrific job. Often times more than not,
fish as well as plants all benefit from a dose periodically.. My
biggest chore was figuriing out exactly how much water was in my pond
(1+ acre natural pond) whose water level fluctuates with dry spells
and rainfalls, but I have it all figured out now in relationship to a
bench mark I made...I can normally hold the color differential between
6 hours minimum,, and 8 hours maximum pretty consistently......YOu
would be surprised at what a prophylactic dose of PP can ward off or
what it can heal.....Protazoan diseases, fungus, ulcers, septicemia
etc are almost non existent for the most part if done regularly. And
water clarity especially in a natural pond in the south could not be
better. Not even the typically found algae bloom problems occur.

Regards


On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:16:00 -0400, Hal wrote:

===On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:15:31 GMT, (~Roy)
===wrote:
===
===The way I clean mine or at least sanitize it to get rid of a lot of
===organic material like rotted leaves pine straw etc is to dose it 2x
===back to back every spring and 1 time in late fall about mid November
===with potassium permanganate. If not, come spring you are subject to
===all kinds of nasty things happening.......Since I started doing the 3
===treatments with PP I have yet to get any fungal or bacterial problems
===which is pretty common in most all ponds in the deep south especially
===natural ones.........I took the advice of the University of FL in
===prophylactic treating my pond and it been good.
===
===Sounds interesting. I tried a Google search, but didn't find a
===working University of Florida site. (It may be down for changes.)
===All I found was one from the UK urging caution with PP.
===http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/treatments/...rmanganate.htm
===
===I'd like to read about the PP treatment if you have a good URL, I'd
===appreciate it.
===
===Thanks,
===
===Hal


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