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Re: It survived
In a message dated 03/25/2000 3:55:02 PM EST, Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com
writes:
<< The substrate became hopelessly
mixed and tons of nutrients were left on the surface of the substrate and in
the water column. What followed was a hopeless plague of algae,
cynobacteria and cloudy water. >>
I rearranged a heavily planted tank last week. In order to avoid an
experience like yours, I ran a Vortex diatom filter charged with both carbon
and DE continuously in the tank as I was working. It sucked up a huge amount
of detrius, etc that emerged from the gravel. So far the (drastically
rearranged) tank has remained crystal clear, with no new algae growth. Linc
Duffy, Pleasant Valley, NY