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  2. From: hbishop@ttsi.lonestar.org (Huett Bishop)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
  4. Subject: [F] Straw as Algacide
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.175343.4736@ttsi.lonestar.org>
  6. Date: 22 Jan 93 17:53:43 GMT
  7. Sender: hbishop@ttsi.lonestar.org (Huett Bishop)
  8. Organization: Tandem Telecommunications Systems Inc. Plano, Tx.
  9. Lines: 38
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  11. Wednesday night I was watching the Discover Channel (TDC) on the tube. It
  12. was one of thier new science shows and the host talked about algae and
  13. the problems it was causing farmer's ponds and canals in England. Anyway
  14. he said they had discovered that when straw (hay?) fell into the water
  15. with the algae the algae started to die. It seems that that the rotting
  16. process of straw releases a natural algacide! They also stated that it
  17. did not harm the fish in the ponds and canals and that it did not harm
  18. high plant life.
  19.  
  20. Did anyone else catch this?
  21.  
  22. Has anyone tried it?
  23.  
  24. I would think it might be better to try it in a outdoor pond instead
  25. of an aquarium.  
  26.  
  27. I don't what the rotting straw would do the clarity of the water though.
  28.  
  29. Any comments or ideas?
  30.  
  31. Maybe a new product will come of this that will get rid of algae and
  32. not harm the rest of the tanks occupants.
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  35. |Huett Bishop                          |       
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