RE: Shrimp for algae control...

Gail Bowker (bowkerg at NTU.EDU.AU)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:57:28 +0930

>Peter Hughes has done some testing with algae eaters (sp. Otoclinus (sp?))
>with I >believe, good results.

>The best cure for it is to take everything from the tank to your local
>tip, steralize >thoroughly with Potassium permanganate solution that is so
>dark that you can barely >see through it. Leave the tank to soak like that
>for a couple of months....

>Personally, I find a gallon of petrol and a match works best....

Damn!! I've got that stuff - your not serious about that are you?

What causes it?

I'm going to pick up some otos this weekend!

Gail