This link will provide quite a bit of additional information about Chara and dealing with it.

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=265724#Post265724

January 2013 Thread about Chara
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=318063#Post318063

Last edited by Bill Cody; 01/18/13 11:00 AM.

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