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Maracide in planted tanks
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To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com (Aquatic-Plants)
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Subject: Maracide in planted tanks
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From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:36:45 -0800
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Conversation-Id: <BMSMTP82674210031a0206807 at dlep1_itg.ti.com>
>From: sryan at skypoint_com (S. Ryan)
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>I am replying about medication in planted tanks. It's my first time and
>please e-mail me if I do it wrong. I reluctantly tried Maracide by Mardel
>Labs, because I was desperate. A trusted fish store employee recommended it
>as the safest ich med for planted tanks. I watched carefully and with much
>fear. Lo and behold, 5 days later the ich was gone and I swear the plants
>grew at greater than normal rate. I am not making this up and I was as
>surprised as you are! Anyone else have this experience?
I have also found that Maracide, used as directed, does not seem to harm plants
in any way. I will point out however, that it does tend to stain the silicone
seals in the corners of a tank.
David W. Webb
Enterprise Computing Provisioning
Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas, TX USA
(214) 575-3443 (voice) MSGID: DAWB
(214) 575-4853 (fax) Internet: dwebb at ti_com
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