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dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003	how long would i have to leave a piece of wood with BBA on it dry for the algae to die OH TOLEEDY!
Posted 04-Mar-2006 10:14
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Dan, If all you want to do is to dry the wood then I would assume it is going to take quite a while. Have you considered giving the wood a bleach bath? With 19 parts water and I part bleach, scub the wood. Then hose it off and submerse it for a day in water that has some dechlor in it. Hose it off again and you should be ready to go. Not that I ever did that, but I read here that this would work. Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 04-Mar-2006 11:19
dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003	ingo i just wanted to be lazy, i guess my main question is will drying the algea out kill it? some of my wood is 7 ft long and very hard to immerse in bleach solution. also i have a tin roof on my house so sitting the wood up there to bake away for a couple of weeks should kill the algae . i will have to try it and see OH TOLEEDY!
Posted 05-Mar-2006 07:35
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Edited by FRANK Hi, I doubt that it will actually "kill" the algae. It will dry it out, and most of it will then flake off or can be scrubbed off with a dry, stiff bristled brush, but I doubt that it will be removed completely. This is really amazing stuff. The Cyanobacteria is one of the most ancient forms of life on earth. It formed reefs and "islands" back before there was moving life on earth. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/cyanofr.html You need to find the cause(s) and eliminate them or it will come back again and again. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 05-Mar-2006 08:46
dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003	i know the only sure fire way is to have co2 and a heavily planted tank, but i dont have the time and money to do that on all my tanks OH TOLEEDY!
Posted 05-Mar-2006 11:35


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