Re: Gardneri Tankmates

["Mach Fukada" <fukada at aloha_net>]

How about cyanobacteria or blue-green algae.  Any ideas on what will eat it?
The flag fish don't seem to eat it very much.  I was thinking grass
shrimp....(extra fish food for the tank as well)
MTF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright Huntley" <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Gardneri Tankmates


> Algae on glass is best removed with a "Scotchbrite" scrubber (rough side)
> o/e. For other algae, many livebearers and *J. floridae* can do a good
job.
> Use only female American-Flag Fish as males get mean when in a breeding
mood.
>
> Except for Otos and SAEs most sucker-mouth fish eat almost no algae and
have
> that feature for clinging to rocks in swift streams (or sucking slime as
> with CAEs). The Siamese Algae Eater would do well with GAR, but like any
> other fish, will eat eggs and maybe babies. Other scavengers, like Corys,
> will eat more eggs than detritus. Great with your male GARs, tho.
>
> Wright
>
> Chris Browning wrote:
>  > Has anyone out there had any success keeping some type of a scavanger
>  > with Gardneri? I have a 12 gallon with a few males in it(no females),
and
>  > the tank tends to get dirty quite often(due to the sand substrate I
>  > assume). It has a couple rock formations, quite a few plants, and I
plan
>  > on adding more to the point that it's a jungle in there. Recently, some
>  > algae started showing up on the glass, and I'm looking for something to
>  > clean it up. I doubt there is much I can keep with them as they tend to
>  > try and eat everything, but I thought I would see if anyone had any
ideas
>  > anyways.
>  >
>  > Thanks!
>  >
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