Re: Red Algae

• To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
• Subject: Re: Red Algae
• From: Thomas Price <tprice at u_washington.edu>
• Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 17:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
• In-Reply-To: <199508101939.PAA20115 at looney_actwin.com>

> >I tried using bleach on some of the worst affected plants. Although the 
> >algae is easily killed and none of the plants seem to be hurt, the 
> >algae comes back in a week or so. I guess I will have to up root all of 
> >the plants and treat all of them. I probably also have to empty the tank 
> >and bleach everything, including the filter and start all over to be sure 
> >to get rid of all the red algae spores. This sounds like a drastic way to 
> >solve the problem. Any comments?

I read that algae gets the upper hand when there are too much phosphates 
in the water, relative to the other nutrients.  One suggestion is to run 
a phosphate-absorbing resin in your filter while the plants are getting 
established.  I haven't done this, but it seems reasonable enough and a 
lot less drastic than a total teardown.

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