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re:High-Intensity lights question
>Is more intense light really needed to grow algae or just longer hours?
You can probably get waterborne algae either way, but longer hours is
sufficient.
>For my daphnia culture have a plastic garbage pail with a 100 W bulb mounted
>in the lid. I fertilize with a little garden fertilizer and leave the light
>on all the time. There is plenty of green algae growing on the sides and
>surface and lots of daphnia.
If you add snails, you'll get more waterborne algae, but the daphnia will
probably do a good job of clearing it too.
>I would love to get the green water, suspended algae. I guess I have to
>wait for spring to get a wild culture.
Nah. Just put a few snails in. You should already have waterborne algae, it
just needs an advantage over the filamentous algae. The snails will quickly
multiply and consume the algae, leaving your tank a nice fertilizer soup. The
waterborne algae won't be able to resist growing, although the daphnia may
consume it as fast as it grows.
David W. Webb
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