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Re: Killing daphnia with "Amquel" question



> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:18:20 -1000
> From: "Mach T. Fukada" <fukada at aloha_net>
> Subject: Re: V3 #18 Killing daphnia with "Amquel" question
>
> I first noticed this problem as I would find daphnia, moina dead in tanks
> that I had recently cleaned. Of course I added AmQuel as there are times of
> the year that chlorine and cholramines are added to our tap water.  I
> noticed daphnia kills up to a week or so after each cleaning.  Not too sure
> if it persists longer.

Mach, could this not be due to ammonia/nitrites?
I always seed all tanks with water from cycled tanks after a clean up.

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