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Re: Flag fish, bullies or assets?
> From: "Roger S. Miller" <rgrmill at rt66_com>
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:56:53 -0700
> References: <200102220848.DAA26398 at actwin_com>
>
> I have seen them eat the long, soft variety of hair algae and
> effectively remove it from a tank, but that's the only kind of algae
> I've seen them work over. I don't have many problems with that kind of
> algae, so I don't really care that much. I do have problems with a
> tough short-haired algae that hugs the substrate and thrives in dim
> light. They don't do much at all about that stuff.
>
Well, the algae my tank has is soft and green and sometimes grows into
long strands, and my new flag fish won't eat it. Not yet anyway;
maybe after she(?) has been in there a week with no other food she
will decide to eat it rather than starve :-( There is also a little
bit of duckweed in that tank and she hasn't bothered it either, and
she just spits out flake food. At least I only paid less than $2 for
it at the LFS.
I can't comment on the "bully" part, because the flag fish is the only
fish in the aquarium. But she does seem to spend a lot of time
hiding.
Regards,
Bob