Re: [APD] Plant safe algae eaters.

["Brown, Daniel" <dpbrown at ea_com>]

Well I managed to purchase a Clown Plec for my 29G tank on Friday and so
far he seems to be doing fine, he is coming out more as he gets used to
the new surroundings, he's even managed to find a nice wee 'cave' in a
piece of bogwood that I'd never noticed before.  The algae wafers I've
been adding as part of the evening meal have started disappearing now
too which I think is a good sign.  The Clown Plec is a very pretty
little catfish the pictures I've seen of them really don't do them any
justice at all!  Although I'm calling my plec a 'he' I'm really not sure
if it is male or female, is there any way to sex them?  The idea of a
pair is very tempting, although I don't know if a 29G is big enough...

Interestingly all my shrimp have all started coming out now over the
last few days, before you hardly saw any sign of the three cherry and
three amano shrimp in the tank but there is at least one of each visible
now.  Also the amount of hair algae is now visible decreasing too which
I'm assuming is linked to the shrimp coming out of hiding more, as in
the past the only thing I've ever seen eat hair algae has been Amano
Shrimp.

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com
[mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com] On Behalf Of Richard J.
Sexton
Sent: 02 April 2007 13:55
To: aquatic plants digest
Subject: Re: [APD] Plant safe algae eaters.

I've never had much luck keeping otocinclus alive for long period.

I use ammano shrimps instead which seem to be much hardier.

Now before you all jump in and say what great luck you have keeping
oto's, remember the curse of the Pl*co!



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