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RE: food for daphnia
Do you add fertilizer on a regular basis? Have you done a water check?
Could be a build up of some toxins? I tend to use new old aquarium water for
each set-up? (I recycle my water changes!)The color yellow could indicate
several things including chlorosis or a diatom bloom. If you can look at the
water under a microscope when this happens.
Stan Perkins
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From: LeeH920226 at aol_com [mailto:LeeH920226 at aol_com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:45 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: food for daphnia
In a message dated 4/8/03 8:36:30 AM, Stanley.Perkins at fortbend_k12.tx.us
writes:
<< I found that to encourage a good, quick algal bloom - add some Miracle
Grow
liquid house plant fertilizer to old aquarium water and leave the lights on
twentyfour hours per day. >>
This has worked for me up to a point. After about 3-4 weeks of continued
harvesting the green water and replacing with fresh, dechlorinated water, I
repeatedly have the green water turn yellow and then clear. I was suspecting
the copper in Miracle Gro but since the water is replaced very regularly it
should not build up. Anybody have a solution to this problem?
Lee Harper
Media, PA
USA
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