Re: [APD] Re: Algae Eating Fish

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Many ancistrus will not appear to be very active fish, yet
still accomplish a lot. They tend to to be shy. And they
tend to move to a location, stop, work a bit, stop, move to
a new location, stop, etc.  Lots of "idle" time. 

Also, I have found many of them to be crepuscular if not
downright nocturnal.

I find it best to judge their usefulness but the gradual
disappearance of algae from surfaces.

Hope that helps,
Scott H. 
--- Jon Cooper <cooperj at westman_wave.ca> wrote:
> . . . After some searching around town I managed to find
>  a
> female(?) ancistrus
> yesterday.  So far I haven't noticed it eating much
> algae, but we'll see in
> a few days.
> 
> Thanks for all the replies so far :)
> 
> jon
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Seweryn Bialasiewicz" <s_bialasiewicz at hotmail_com>
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [APD] Re: Algae Eating Fish
> 
> 
> >
> >   Would black mollies chase or eat smaller fish (ie:
> neons, cardinals,
> > etc...) ??
> >
> > - Seweryn
> >
> > I've seen Mollies do an ok job too. I think the Sail
> Fin ones are
> > >better( I have'nt kept any for a while but I Think
> they nibbled at bule
> > >green
> > >algae also) than the Blacks.
> >
> >
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