Re: [APD] algae and critters, me too

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

Otos are very selective algae eaters and even with the right stufff, it takes an army for them to eat much. Otoh, you'd be hard pressed to have enough of them grazing off of leaves to harm the leaves. Otooh, they're cute little buggers and make a nice adddition to most planted tanks.

sh

 
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Wise, Nicholas" <Nicholas_Wise at eon-us.com>
To: stuart at stuarthalliday_com; aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 4:23:04 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] algae and critters, me too


Stuart Halliday

> I believe John Hess (johnfhess at comcast_net wrote this email 
> section below:
> > Light is 2x 54W T5 Tek lights,
> > on 11 hours/day.  CO2 automatic. 
> 
> Wow.
> A bit too long.
> Cut back on that time by an hour or two and hopefully your 
> plants will kick in with absorbing the excess nutrients the algae is.
> 
> > When the Otos travel along plant leaves, are they cleaning algae off

> > the leaves or are they damaging the leaves?
> 
> Otos eat algae off leaves, they tend not to damage the leaves.

Otos eat diatomaceous algae (the brown slime stuff).  If you are
counting on them to eat green algae, good luck.


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