Re: [APD] Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 78, Issue 2

[Nick Andrews <nicothefabulous at hotmail_com>]

> From: "B. T. Forsythe" <megasycophant at gmail_com>
> Subject: Re: [APD] Using Excel to kill the algae
> To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> 
> If the platies are actually eating it (not just picking at it), then
> it's a real algae, not BGA / cyanobacteria. Perhaps a thread algae?
> 
> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Nick Andrews
> <nicothefabulous at hotmail_com> wrote:
> > I have been dosing it at a capful (10mL) a day for the last week or so, and the film which was on the glass is peeling away now and shrinking as well. ?The platies are eating it, and the plants seem to be coming back a bit. ?The mats of algae on the wood seem to be retreating.
> 

It's a mix in there, I think.  The stuff that looks like BGA is on a piece of wood in there.  The stuff on the glass is green and brown slime algae.

Nick
 		 	   		  
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