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HAIR ALGAE TREATMENT
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§tudz wrote: "Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... The bleach thing never really worked well. Proper fertilization and water changes are all you need. Flourish excel will speed up the algae decline. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net Bleaching works well for most users on here, including myself, where as using a chemical algae remove does more damage to the other plants as well. Adding CO2 has also helped delcine the growth rate and spread of the algae, which is now in decline. Bleaching plants was discovered by Paul Kumbholtz in the late 80s. It's in the aquaria faq. I *thought* I had success with it ona few occasions but it always comes back. I mentioned it quite a few times; in this sense I feel somewhat responsible for it's popularity. Mentioning the idea in TFH got me (them) a whack of hate mail. Heh. It doesn't work long term. Expect it to come back because you havn't done anything to prevent the bad water conditions condusive to it's growth. Just fertilize properly and you won't see it again. The algae killing chemicals all don't work either - they cause more harm than good. I've tried them all. Flourish Excel is the only thing that will kill algae and help, not harm plants. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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