Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

Why would anyone in fresh water use VC Offshore?????

Um .................. So they wouldn't get zebra mussles maybe.
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"katysails" wrote in message

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety
and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the
kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or
let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now
had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U
of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

A microbiologist from MSU was on TV today and stated that the fear of the
toxins was grossly overstated in that Muskegon Chronicle article. He said
you'd probably have to ingest a substantial amount of the actual algal
colonies to get enough to make yourself ill. Wading won't do it. Dogs,
OTOH, should be kept out of the water, as they tend to drink a lot while
swimming.

No, Chopper, stay on the dock. Oh wait! You don't have a dock, do ya?
:-)

Max

Or a dog that goes in the water....

"Maxprop" wrote in message
nk.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that
has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety
and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the
kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or
let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now
had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U
of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

A microbiologist from MSU was on TV today and stated that the fear of the
toxins was grossly overstated in that Muskegon Chronicle article. He said
you'd probably have to ingest a substantial amount of the actual algal
colonies to get enough to make yourself ill. Wading won't do it. Dogs,
OTOH, should be kept out of the water, as they tend to drink a lot while
swimming.

No, Chopper, stay on the dock. Oh wait! You don't have a dock, do ya?
:-)

Max

NC Offshore is fine for salt water but doeas little in fresh water....it is
not the bottom paint of choice here...VC 17 works fine except for the little
problem of the blue green algae this year....I think that's a freshwater
phenomenon....as are zebra mussels....read the flyers on VC Offshire...it is
not meant for freshwater
"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Why would anyone in fresh water use VC Offshore?????

Um .................. So they wouldn't get zebra mussles maybe.
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katysails wrote:
Nah...we never drink water from the tank...

How do you "never" drink from the tank?

.... but the dog does...is that why he
does those funny things???

Dogs think *we* do funny things. It's not for me to say who is right!

"Did you drink the Kool-Aid" was sort of a hippy joke. At one point I
read quite a lot about LSD and it was used experimentally on dogs...
cats too. It's hard to tell if a dog is hallucinating... most observers
agreed that they seemed to be. Makes me wonder if they were
hallucinating smells.

Side note- A tripping cat is often afraid of mice. At least, that's what
the researchers wrote.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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katysails wrote:
Nah...we never drink water from the tank...

How do you "never" drink from the tank?

I don't drink from my tank. I carry bottled water for drinking, use
the tank water for everything else.

Scotty

read the flyers on VC Offshire...it is
not meant for freshwater

Kate, the Offshore is for hard growth. Zebra mussles are hard growth.
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Scott Vernon wrote:
I don't drink from my tank. I carry bottled water for drinking, use
the tank water for everything else.

That seems redundant. Why not get a drinking water filter? We have one,
it's not perfect but it's better than the tap water in many places.

Fresh Water
Doug King

Thought about it.



"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Scott Vernon wrote:
I don't drink from my tank. I carry bottled water for drinking,
use
the tank water for everything else.

That seems redundant. Why not get a drinking water filter? We have
one,
it's not perfect but it's better than the tap water in many places.

Fresh Water
Doug King