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[APD] re: mites
Charles Harrison wrote:
> I have searched the archives and I don't find any remedy there. Does
> any one have a method to deal with mites.
> I can't get Frog Bit to live, most all the other floating plants
> don't live long.
Are these open top tanks? With terrestrial plants, there are four basic options:
1. increase humidity and spray plants with water
2. Use a non-specific pesticide like soap, oil, or isopropyl alchohol
3. Use a systemic acaricide
4. introduce predatory mite species.
Options 2 and 3 are probably ruled out in an aquarium. Most mites do not
do well in warm, humid condtions, which is why I wonder if you have open
top tanks. The solution may be as simple as adding a tight cover glass.
I doubt whether the commercially available predatory species will like
the surface of an aquarium, but if you have already tried the cover glass,
they may be your only option.
Nick
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Nicholas Plummer
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