guaranteed by fermentation...as the website says.
All that happy sales talk, is it that good? Might put that into my filter setup during next cleanup.
Liam, hav u ever seen it sold in lfs... if yes where and how much?
After reading the website on the product, i was tempted to try it too. As i've to scrub the glass everytime i do water change and in 2 wks time i'll be servin my ns so my bro will help me look after my tank. Hope the product work and at least save my bro the trouble of clearing the algae.
Resistance is futile, you will be administrated!
Someone will ask... so, it's http://www.jbl.de/index_uk.html. At this time, JBL BioFerm is featured on this page as a new product.
Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
i think it works like the dennerle Biotrop-Stabilisator
previously tried it, during that period no major algae problems.. (mabe not due to the usage of the product, if we have a good fertilization regime.. it will oso minimize alga growth)
Dupla's AlgoControl Delta
Specially fermented barley straw
Lasting and effective algae prophylaxis
No impact on aquarium plants
Suitable for every aquarium up to 240 litres
Capacity for approx. 3 months
u can get the barley straw separately, netted and place into yr cannister filter.. oso tried, same result as above
Was just reading some of the articles and apparently, it requires light and O2 in order to release its algae preventive chemicals.
Can understand for Dennerle and Dupla it's actually connected at the outflow. But if put inside the cannister filter got O2 but no light, will it still work though?
V. nice design.
Dupla has a similar product called "DUPLA AlgoControl Delta "
which also makes use of Bartley straw fermentation to control algea.
You can just buy the refill from AquaTechnics for $18-$20 (Not too sure) per refill & put it in your filter.
It has been in the market for quite some time now.
A couple of forum members from AquaPlantnux tried it and had quite
good review form this product.
Effective for the 1st 3 months, after which need to change again.
http://www.dupla.com/start_e.htm
take this with a pinch of salt.
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barley straw, not rigorously proven,. probably only effective against eg: green water.
mechanism = strongest candidate so far seems to be presence of h2o2 from the effect of light on lignin breakdown. or the release of humic acids.
in which case, to me: a drip method for release h2o2 (buy from guardian pharmacy at $3 for 500ml 3% solution) and the use of peat seems to have very much the same end result. or use of an ozoniser ($50+ at c32
http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/APM/APM-1-W.pdf
http://www.aquabotanic.com/straw.PDF
http://www.aquabotanic.com/barleyarticle.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rosieda...ollection.html
(eg: obviously cheaper solution that JBL/denerlle/dupla if you insist on using straw)
http://www.naturalsolutionsetc.com/barley.htm
Hi guys, I think we should promote good housekeeping for our aquarium, that is regular water change, proper and right amount of fertilization, no overfeeding etc. in order to prevent proliferation of algae. This is a better way than buying and using those algae control equipments. We can save up the money for other leisure activities.
I agree with good fert regime and housekeeping but i wouldn't mind a little barley in my setup though.
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