On Dec 26, 6:49*pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"AquariumFatasies" wrote in message

... On Dec 26, 2:58 pm, wrote:
Perhaps......but this is one way to erradicate it............and its
certainly a step in the right direction........since short of tossing
the plants there is no other process to eliminate it. Once eliminated
one still needs to ensure proper lights, lighting schedule and
parameters are in effect or it will come back again............Its a
treatment that does work for erradicating black algae. Its nio
different that say treating a fish for a disease that was caused by
something that could have been prevented and then not fixing the
situation that caused it in the first place...........I know I
erradicated it in my tanks and its never made a return since.......so
I have to think it treated more than *the symtoms.

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If I remove the worst plants and put them in the small tank I can use PP to
kill the darn stuff if HP doesn't do it.
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RM....
Zone 6. *Middle TN USA
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Rain water sounds all fine and dandy, but rain water also contain a
plethora of all kinds of stuff some of which may fuel algae quicker
than normal. Not saying not to use it, but I persopnally would use
readily available means to buffer or adjust my PH than using rain
water if it was at all possible. Adding peat pillows will bring the
water down in ph and adding aragonite (calcium based sand ) will take
it up in PH........So it is all together feasible that you are feeding
the algae with the water your collecting..Take a parameter here and
there and they all add up to potential problems.......Its common
knowledge and accepted that dust that gets blown in a pond causes
algae blooms..........and dust certainly has all kinds of stuff in it
and its on a roof or in the air and it will wind up in rain water one
way or another.