Re: Farlowella, Otocinclus etc. as algae eaters

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• Subject: Re: Farlowella, Otocinclus etc. as algae eaters
• From: Hardjono.Harjadi at Eng_Sun.COM (Hardjono Harjadi)
• Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:46:57 -0700

>From: krandall at world_std.com (Karen A Randall)
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:48:48 -0400
>Subject: Farlowella, Otocinclus etc. as algae eaters
>

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>
>As you say, this is infrequent.  And again, most aquatic gardeners 
>don't keep many large fish.  I personally have kept Otos and 
>Discus together for prolonged periods with no problem.  Otos work 
>a little better with Discus thatn SAE's because SAE's are much 
>more omnivorous, and quickly learn to eat Discus food 
>preferentially before algae.


Hi Karen,

	I do observe that Otocinclus are omnivores. They would slurp
live tubifex worms like there is no tomorrow. Baensch incorrectly clasified
them as herbivores. They are, however, more slugish compared to SAE's.


Hardjono

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