RE: [APD] Re: Algae Eating Fish

[Rick Engstrom <rvengstromnospam at shaw_ca>]

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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:44 AM
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Subject: [APD] Re: Algae Eating Fish


In a message dated 10/30/2003 9:12:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
aquatic-plants-request at actwin_com writes:

> A nice Bristlenose or two which will not grown to large will keep the
> tank nice and clean.

I had a Bristlenose in each of four 10G tanks and DUH! couldn't figure out
why I had an algae problem in the fifth one.  I got myself another
Bristlenose
and voila! no more algae!  They're wonderful little guys - get to about 4
1/2".

Now back to that infamous unplanted (because the Silver Dollars eat every
plant ever introduced, including hornwort) 29G.  I have one Bristlenose in
there
and algae is still a problem.  Suppose that if I put two more in there,
they'd
be able to keep it clean?
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I find the Bristlenose spend all their time on the bottom ulike the larger
Pleco like a Sailfin which will eat it's way up and down the glass. For a 29
I would have a couple of Bristlenose or at least one and maybe a half dozen
Otto's

Rick


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