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Re: grey slime




>I haven't noticed any of these things. It looks,
>actually, just like grey
>cobwebs "draped" over my bunch plants, from one
>plant to the next. 

That could be it.  Are there upward strands that
pearl?  I hated that stuff!


>This stuff is still attached to the plants, not
free->floating, so I don't
>see what the UV would do. 

It kills the cells floating through the water.  You
remove the rest.  

>It's kind of icky to remove... It "dissolves"
>when I grab it 

Sure sounds like it to me.  


>and little itty bits float away... Is that what the
>UV is
>for?

No.  Suck it up with a baster and shoot it through a
brine shrimp net.  

>I'm not sure whether I can scrounge up enough for a
>UV--I'm still in high
>school, LOL!--but I'll see about it if it's really
>necessary...

Do you belong to your local fish club or know anybody
that has one?  See if you can borrow one that runs off
a powerhead for a week or so.  You won't need it after
that.  If you have what I think you do, it WILL be
necessary.   



Cavan



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