Re: ulcers
Peter Hughes (peterh at pican.pi.csiro.au)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:12:46 +1000 (EST)
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Andrew Hamilton wrote:
> >it off. I treated the tank at the recommended dose rate (5-10mg/L) and
> >two days later all the cyanobacteria were dead.
>
> Tell me, how did this blue green aldae appear? Was it a floating algae?
>
> Andrew
It was a film of green slime that covered the plants. Easy to remove by
hand, but grew back in very short order. The doubling time of
cyanobacteria is in the order of 8hrs, it can bloom very quickly.
Peter Hughes