On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:42:02 GMT, "M Walczak"
wrote:

disagreement with some theories I have read here, the LFS said that CO2
would make an algae problem worse, not help it. And he supported his

Algae gets its carbon from the carbonate in the water. It isn't
dependant on CO2 like plants are. Very few plants have that ability.
So low CO2 situations favor the algae over the plants.

Increasing CO2 levels improves plant growth, and limits the algae
growth.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua