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Re: Water changes
Robert Paul H. writes:
> Would these water changes from the tap with high nitrogen gas actually
> contribute to an algae bloom? Without de-gassing the water, would my
> frequent water changes actually make an algae problem worse?
Nitrogen gas can not be used by algaes. It first must be "fixed" by being
turned into a useable compound/ion. Blue-Green Algae can fix nitrogen, but
it is more of a bacteria and not really an algae.
Bob Dixon