Re: [Killietalk] flag fish: fry eaters?

[LeeH920226 at aol_com]

In a message dated 1/6/04 4:29:45 PM, Brown_D at kids_wustl.edu writes:

<< Am I right in suspecting that the flag fish are probably to blame?   >>

I can supply one anecdote that supports that hypothesis. This past summer I 
put the usual group of White Clouds in a 125 gallon pool on my back porch. I 
usually have put out  White Clouds and a couple pairs of Aphyosemions. Each 
previous year I had a nice crop of next generation White Clouds and occasional 
Aphyosemion fry. This past summer I added a trio of Jordanella floridae to the 
pool along with the White Clouds. At the end of summer when I drained the pool 
for the winter (it is above ground on a deck and would freeze solid). I found 
many baby J. floridae but only the original adult White Clouds. I think they 
are good algae eaters (they cleaned up the hair algae) but also good fry eaters.

Lee Harper
Media, PA
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