Subject: Farewell and Thanx for the advice.
From: "Marvin Hlavac" am
Date: 11/6/02 8:24 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: gers.com


"TrollatUofS" wrote in message
...
Sad to say but I am calling it quits as far as freshwater live plant
keeping goes. I have seen three types of algae sweep through the tank in a
year and now the DREADED brush algae is here. This is a fight I've lost
before. I know I should waterchange then fertilize and get some CO2 going
and
stock up with some new plants to starve it out but I'm not confident
that'll
work. I'm gonna tear down the tank on the weekend and go back to the
nutrient
poor bliss that is marine reef keeping in the spring. I just wanted to say
thanx to everyone who has given me advice here, especially Tom Barr and
Chuck
Gadd. I've got to hand it to all you plant keepers who can pull it off! I
thought reef was much easier and you guys got the right stuff for live
plants.


Best Regards To All

--Jim


Darn algaes! They again managed to out-compete another hobbyist! Am I going
to
be next? Perhaps.

Good luck Jim. (Have a sleep on it, hopefully you will change your mind)

I'll have another try at it in a year or two. Next time I'll read up first.
The big problem beyond being an often lazy fishkeeper is that the LFSs suck for
plants. I special order but things don't show up. I don't like to mail
order. Best of luck in your own endeavors.

-jim