Re: SAEs

• To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
• Subject: Re: SAEs
• From: "John Y. Ching" <jyching at watnow_uwaterloo.ca>
• Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:03:05 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <199508060739.DAA01334 at looney_actwin.com>

> From: ibi007 at lion_connect.more.net (Allen Sandifer)
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 22:45:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: SAEs
> 
> I want to order some SAEs from Uncle Ned but what I am wondering is how many
> I will need to help control the alge in a 55g planted tank. This is not an
> established tank. This is my first attempt at growing plants. The basic
> cycle has happened,the ammonia is 0, the nitrites are 0 and the nitrates are
> about 10 ppm. I understand from reading other post here on the list that I
> can expect an out break of alge as the tank cycles and gets into balance. I
> want to get a little start on the alge before it takes over the tank.
> Allen
> STLMO
> 
Uncle Ned says they are quite small (under 1"). I think 5-6 for your tank 
should be OK 'cause they do grow quickly. Liisa always says you should 
probably get a few other green algae eating fish like the otocinclus. $40 
shipping for 5-6 fish is pretty expensive though.

 John Y. Ching (jyching at watnow_uwaterloo.ca)    |
 Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab	| 
 Department of Systems Design Engineering      	| 
 University of Waterloo, Canada            	| 

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