Quote: from a UK forum.
Originally Posted by brian1962
As you know i have been
suffering with BW in the anoxic and what i did was to isolate it for a few
days and gave it a dose of cba.......well 2 weeks on and its looking
great
Brian
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Brian I was having the same problem
but I hung fire treating it as sure I read that it eventually goes when the
bugs get up to speed and hey presto it is now dying off in both the filter and
the pond so hopefully that should be it. It's been hard not putting anything in
but this year I don't want to treat the pond unless I have to after I put
nearly every chemical in the pond known to man!
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[Ed:
CBA stands for Cloverleaf Blanket Answer, and is for persistent
Blanketweed filamentous algae growth but to my knowledge is not sold in the USA
and only in the UK.
However,
the hobbyist that reapplies to Brian’s post, states that he held-fast on using any chemicals to
eradicate the Blanketweed in his filter and pond to let the AFS mature and
start making antibodies that will do the same thing. As these AFS start to mature
in the UK and settle-in, so will the Blanketweed problems and its duration in
the pond and filter will become shorter and shorter with time.
There
are always circumstances where algae and cyanobacteria are more persistent than
other years but the AFS will prevail in the long run without the use of
chemical additives. The CBA states that it must be added to the pond eight
times a year and best results will be seen after the second application of the
chemical, but Brian will soon find out that once was enough and any additional
use of the chemical CBA will not be needed henceforth.]
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