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RE: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1634
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: RE: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1634
- From: "Chung Chow (Annex)" <cychow at exc1_annex.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:53:22 -0800
- Thread-Index: AcG7GoT99Lv/8HM4QmeYwsTpBA8/eQABv1Fg
- Thread-Topic: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1634
> It's actually called "barley straw" and yes it works on
> algae, and it is not
> harmful to the fish or the plants. The only problem that I
> ever saw with it
> is it starts in a pad form and ends up floating all over your
> tank (on the
> top of the water at the bottom of the gravel and of course
> right in your
> filter). I am not sure if you could put it in something like
> some panty
> hose so the water could flow through but it could not get
> out......It might
> be worth the try let me know if you do try it and how it
> works out for you.
>
> Matt W.
Oops, sorry, yeh, Barley Straw. Ok, I think I will try it, but
not anytime soon, my new tank I got doesn't have algae problems
yet.
But what I need to know is what's controlling the algae problem?
The straw itself? or something thats it put out from the straw?
I want to know if I should make a plastic ball and float it,
plant it, or just filter it through the filter itself. :) Of
course instead of using panyhose, the same effect can be produced
but using a filter net?
Chung