Re: [APD] RE: Spot Algae

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Thanks, John, for the clarification and the site cites.

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--- "John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at fitchfamily_com> wrote:

> > Message: 6
> > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:58:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>
> > Subject: Re: [APD] RE: Spot Algae
> > To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> >
> > I believe these are the same critters that Oliver Knott
> > recommended so highly when he was at the AGA convention
> in
> > Washington, D.C. last year.
> > Scott H.
> >
> No, they're not the same.  Oliver Knott was recommending
> Neritina 
> natalensis, which are smaller than Olive nerites
> (Neritina usnea), .  Here 
> is a picture and description of the Olive nerite, which
> George Booth 
> recommended:
> 
> http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_21651.html
> 
> and here are several pictures and description of Neritina
> natalensis, which 
> Oliver Knott talked about at the AGA convention:
> 
> http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_8665.html
> 
> Although Oliver Knott wrote me that they are available in
> Germany, they're 
> not supposed to be imported into the U.S.  I tried,
> unsuccessfully, to get 
> an import permit.  The whole matter became moot for me
> when all my algae, 
> spot and otherwise, disappeared.  I believe this was and
> is due to the 
> rather heavy fertilizing regime recommended by Tom Barr
> (10 ppm nitrate and 
> 1.5 ppm phosphate four times a week, with Seachem
> Flourish and Seachem Iron 
> on the other three days).
> 
> John T. Fitch
> www.fitchfamily.com/aquarium.html
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