i have access to sterile culture tubes. Send me your address offline and I'll make sure you get some!
Just goes to show What's one man's waste is another's treasure!
John
>
> From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
> Date: 2003/09/19 Fri PM 02:30:41 CDT
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Golden Shiner Question
>
> How might one obtain cultures of these algaes? :)
>
> When I was reefin', I was Mister Macro. I love to export nutrients into
> fish fat. With all the turbidity and high water volume here, the macros are
> pretty much non-existant.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John B" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:13 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- Golden Shiner Question
>
>
> > My 55 gal is quickly becoming quite a biotope tank! I've got very nice
> > stands of Chara and Nitella collected from nearby waterways in addition
> > to Vals, Ludwigia etc. This tank was recently reestablished with 1 -2"
> > of potting soil beneath the gravel (1"). I had a break out of a stringy
> > but branched algae. When I ignored it for a few days it would bunch up
> > and look like green cotton balls on the substrate, just like in the
> > creeks and ponds in late summer nearby! I put in a couple of weed
> > shiners and a golden shiner and Wham, its gone. I watched as the fish
> > tore into the stuff like it was a Ceasars' salad! It is mostly gone
> > now. The weed shiners always looked fully fed even though I went for
> > days without feeding them. So they were certainly sustaining themselves
> > on the algae. Same with the Golden.
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