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I'm not a fish person,I do reptiles. But I recently learned that if you put new pennies in aquariums, it keeps algae from growing. I tried it with my turtles and the water cleared up in a couple days. I don't know whether the pennies would affect the fish, but since it is because of the copper ions in the penny, I don't think that it would harm them. I found the info on a fish website, so I'm pretty sure that its harmless. I think it works for ponds too, but you'd need alot more pennies. Just thoughts I'd post because I found it very helpful and interesting.

Thanks for the tip. That is pretty awesome.
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."