I have a simple question. Does anyone know if using Algaefix kills any
beneficial bacteria in your pond? I have searched using google and asked
several people, but no one seems to know. Algaefix works great for algae,
but I don't want to kill the bacteria started in my pond.

Thanks,

Habanero

I have a simple question. Does anyone know if using Algaefix kills any
beneficial bacteria in your pond? I have searched using google and asked
several people, but no one seems to know. Algaefix works great for algae,
but I don't want to kill the bacteria started in my pond.

Habanero

I was just reading about this in an old issue of Water Gardening, and
apparently it does. ~ jan
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~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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In article , ~ janj
wrote:

I have a simple question. Does anyone know if using Algaefix kills any
beneficial bacteria in your pond? I have searched using google and asked
several people, but no one seems to know. Algaefix works great for algae,
but I don't want to kill the bacteria started in my pond.

Habanero

I was just reading about this in an old issue of Water Gardening, and
apparently it does. ~ jan

How old? AlgaeFix is a newer product, they have long made Algae
Destroyer which works by a different mechanism.

jay
Tue May 23, 2006



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See my ponds and filter design:
www.jjspond.us

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

I was just reading about this in an old issue of Water Gardening, and
apparently it does. ~ jan

How old? AlgaeFix is a newer product, they have long made Algae
Destroyer which works by a different mechanism.

jay

I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

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Can't you see there is no pond people in this group anymore dip shit?
I seriously doubt even Jan is gonna pop in anymore foir the sakes of a
few idiots like you.




On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:27:55 -0500, "Habanero"
wrote:
I have a simple question. Does anyone know if using Algaefix kills any
beneficial bacteria in your pond? I have searched using google and asked
several people, but no one seems to know. Algaefix works great for algae,
but I don't want to kill the bacteria started in my pond.

Thanks,

Habanero

I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

Volume 10, #3, page 71, 3rd full paragraph. Doesn't say Algaefix, says
algaecide, but when Algaefix first came on the market, I looked up its
chemical make up, and it sure looked like an algaecide to me. ~ jan

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(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Thanks for your input Jan. I thought I read somewhere that Green Clean
algaecide didn't kill your bacteria.

What do you mean about my water quality? pH is a little low ~6.8, TA,
nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia are perfect.

"~ janj" wrote in message
...
I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

Volume 10, #3, page 71, 3rd full paragraph. Doesn't say Algaefix, says
algaecide, but when Algaefix first came on the market, I looked up its
chemical make up, and it sure looked like an algaecide to me. ~ jan

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(Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Wed, 24 May 2006 22:09:30 -0500, "Habanero"
wrote:

Thanks for your input Jan. I thought I read somewhere that Green Clean
algaecide didn't kill your bacteria.

I don't know the answer to your question, but I don't trust things
with such long names because I don't know what they mean. I also
would like to note the things this chemical is used in. I hope this
comes through without getting too confused.

Poly[oxyethylene(dimethyliminio) ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene]
dichloride

Synonyms: 1,2-Ethanediamine, N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-, polymer with
1,1'-oxybis(2-chloroethane)

Brand Category Form
Percent
Spa Kem Algy Bar 206 Landscaping/Yard liquid
6
Kem Tek Algaecide Plus Clarifier Landscaping/Yard liquid
6
Kem Tek Algy Bar 230 Landscaping/Yard liquid
30
Kem Tek Algaecide 60% ConcentratedLandscaping/Yard liquid
60
AlgaeFix Pet Care liquid
4.5

Regards,

Hal

I use PondCare AlgaeFix once early each spring after the spring string
algae bloom and while my plants are beginning to come back to life and
beginning to control the nutrients. I add a new bale of barley straw,
use AlgaeFix, and bring my marginal plants up from the bottom of pond
and put them on their benches. A month ago my pond was covered with
sring algae when I did this and now my pond is completely clear of
string algae.

I have fish, frogs, snails, a snake and lots of plants and they seem to
prosper with this procedure.
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Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA

On Wed, 24 May 2006 22:09:30 -0500, "Habanero" wrote:

Thanks for your input Jan. I thought I read somewhere that Green Clean
algaecide didn't kill your bacteria.

Not according to the article in WG. I listed my source to the page &
paragraph, you find yours and we'll compare authors. ;-)

What do you mean about my water quality? pH is a little low ~6.8, TA,
nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia are perfect.

Just a sig.line taken from "Do you know where your kids are?"
~ jan
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(Do you know where your water quality is?)

In article , ~ janj
wrote:

I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

Volume 10, #3, page 71, 3rd full paragraph. Doesn't say Algaefix, says
algaecide, but when Algaefix first came on the market, I looked up its
chemical make up, and it sure looked like an algaecide to me. ~ jan


AlgaeFix is new and does not work in the same manner as an algaecide,
it works by affecting the cell wall making it permeable in single cell
algae. In multi-cell algae it binds with a protein that disrupts
nutrient absorption.

jay
Thu May 25, 2006






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Thanks for the comments Jay. Do you know anything about the beneficial
bacteria killing thing?

"Go Fig" wrote in message
...
In article , ~ janj
wrote:

I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty
sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

Volume 10, #3, page 71, 3rd full paragraph. Doesn't say Algaefix, says
algaecide, but when Algaefix first came on the market, I looked up its
chemical make up, and it sure looked like an algaecide to me. ~ jan


AlgaeFix is new and does not work in the same manner as an algaecide,
it works by affecting the cell wall making it permeable in single cell
algae. In multi-cell algae it binds with a protein that disrupts
nutrient absorption.

jay
Thu May 25, 2006






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(Do you know where your water quality is?)

In article , Habanero
wrote:

Thanks for the comments Jay. Do you know anything about the beneficial
bacteria killing thing?

I test water consistently for years and see no degradation w/ the
recent use of AlgaeFix (started using last season). I dose at about
75% and the lilies and WH exhibit no negative signs.

My ponds have sand filters and UV/ozone and have always had excellent
water quality/clarity but AlgaeFix keeps the ones w/ rock/stone bottoms
cleaner cause it inhibits the growth on the rocks which acts as a
magnet for detritus.

I like this product.

jay
Thu May 25, 2006



"Go Fig" wrote in message
...
In article , ~ janj
wrote:

I'll have to check, but I think it was last fall's issue. I'm pretty
sure
it said AlgaeFix. ~ jan

Volume 10, #3, page 71, 3rd full paragraph. Doesn't say Algaefix, says
algaecide, but when Algaefix first came on the market, I looked up its
chemical make up, and it sure looked like an algaecide to me. ~ jan


AlgaeFix is new and does not work in the same manner as an algaecide,
it works by affecting the cell wall making it permeable in single cell
algae. In multi-cell algae it binds with a protein that disrupts
nutrient absorption.

jay
Thu May 25, 2006






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Go Fig wrote:

AlgaeFix is new

I started using it in 2004.
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Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
18,000 gallon (17'x 47'x 2-4') lily pond garden in Zone 6
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA

Who gives a **** anyh9ow.I usre don't and there is not enough folks in
this or any of the other aquaria groups to give a shit either. Yu can
thank carol gulley aka koi lo for this mess along with her drag queen
friend Ed Alston


On Sat, 27 May 2006 10:45:29 -0400, Stephen Henning
wrote:
Go Fig wrote:

AlgaeFix is new

I started using it in 2004.