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Eradicating BBA
The more I read about bleaching the more I hear people raving over its
success. One guy said he had been doing it since 1960. He said his tanks go 5-10 years with absolutely no BBA problems - ZERO. Nearly everybody says that when they get a reinfestation it is always due to something they put into the tank later being lazy and not bleaching it. Or by adding water from another tank. Their own mistakes. I am extremely impressed. The reports are far better than I even expected. Nearly everyone who has done it right says it really does works, they would highly recommend it to others, and the BBA is deffinetly gone unless you do something stupid and reintroduce it. One guy said he loves having the tanks free of BBA because he can run his water anyway he likes and never has to worry about BBA. He grows plants and forces the nutrients real high for fast growth. It is clear that one must treat the procedure seriously just like a medically sterile operation. You have to think about everything that has been in the infected tank and sterilize those things too. Nets you rarely use, pH meters, tongs, tubes, etc. anything that ever touched the old tank MUST be bleached before it ever goes back in again. The spores can be anywhere. Quarantining the fish in another tank for a day to flush their systems seems to be a very good idea as well, especially if they are SAEs. They also say that most of the plants after bleaching do better than they ever did before. Free of algae, their leaves can really go to work. Beautiful leaves. I'm sold. I'm planning on doing the bleach job next week. Have to get everything prepared first. I'll repost after its done. Thanks, Chris. |
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