According to Wikipedia, Fabergé shampoo was available from 1964-1984. I'm just 40 and I recall the ads, barely as I was 9 when they stopped making it in 84.
Still looking at uv sterilizers. My mind is blown, they appear to be the same thing as I was selling for hot tubs 20 years ago!
Did you expect UV light to be any different now versus then? There's not too much to a UV sterilizer. How's the algal bloom doing? I would think that while the phosphates triggered it, that it would subside almost as fast as it appeared, once you did a mega water change.
Bloom is worse than before, I have no idea. 90% change 13 days ago and 50% change 5 days ago. I assumed the phosphates were to blame too, but now I have no idea, it seems to get worse even faster after a water change. I ordered 2 of these. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JGCWYYI/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Is this something I should run periodically, or full time?
That sucks. Algae is the number one reason tanks get taken down. In a new tank, there's usually enough reasons to have an algal bloom. Getting supercharged by the shampoo didn't help it. I'd run those sterilizers 24/7. See how that works, but I think you'll need to remove as much as possible as the sterilizer will only get it on the free floating stage.
From what I *think* I learned, the sterilizer kills it, then rinse the floss in the canister filter? Do I need a brine shrimp net to collect junk from the waters surface too? Also, only after I get this under control as is (4 danio minnows), I was thinking of going kribs or rainbows. Any other ideas?
I never have had either, but kribensis are one fresh fish that I think it's pretty darn interesting. As far as the algae, do whatever you can to kill it. Have you heard of vodka dosing? It works well in salt tanks.
I will google it, unless you can explain it here, interesting. I have used vodka in paperwhite bulbs before. Had them in a glass bowl with glass rocks, stunted them a bit so they did not fall over from growing too tall.
Dosing vodka in reef takes has several pluses, it adds carbon, and remove nitrates and other toxins. I think it would work in freshwater too, especially for nitrate and toxin removal. One for the tank, one for me.
