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Orrible Algae continued
At 03:48 PM 7/19/98 -0400, Aquatic Plants Digest wrote:
>From: "JACQUES GERBER" <jgerber at Rhobot_ru.ac.za>
>Subject: 'Orrible Algae continued
>
>Hello All:
>
>The saga of the algae infested tank continues. The water has now
>gone green, and I have cyanobacteria patches as well. I'll get an
>antibiotic to deal with the cyano. The hair algae is under control
>though. Put in a pair of black mollies on friday. They're
>systematically cleaning the lot, although the male seems to think
>that Eleocharis is an algae, and he keeps on interrupting the
>female's feeding to mate. Talk about single minded! Also introduced
>some Malaysian Trumpet snails and I have a pair of Otoclinius on
>order. Don't mind the green water so much. It adds a sort of
>mysterious appearence to the tank. It also appears to be a little
>more transparent than yesterday. The Ludwigia glandulosa and repens
>are both getting very red, but somehow my Hygro's don't seem to be
>growing.
>
>To the two gentlemen who replied, thanks for your advice.
>
>Jacques
Since I started using red ramshorn snails (and I've always killed any
snail on sight in the past 25+ years) I don't have any algae. They
won't eat thred algae, but Procatopus, Jordanella and Siamese
algae eaters will.
--
Richard J. Sexton
richard at aquaria_net
Bannockburn, Ontario, Canada +1 (613) 473 1719