Re: borellii and uaupesi

["charles watty" <acwatty@hotmail.com>]

To clarify I when I wrote algae eater I intended Otocinclus. Sorry if I 
caused any confusion.

Charles


>From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
>Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>To: apisto@listbox.com
>Subject: Re: borellii and uaupesi
>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:09:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Mike, these are two different fish.  The chinese algae (Gymnosomething
>aysomething) eater is a nasty evil fish and doesn't eat algae.  The
>siamese algae eater (Crossocheilus siamensis) is a great little fish for
>taking out brush algae.  But they too get a little annoying when they get
>big.  See http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters for more info,
>pictures, drawings and even the correct species names.
>
>   - Erik
>
>On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
>
> > Yes, the algae eater (I assume you mean the
> > "Chinese/Siamese Algae Eater") will
> > become a pain in the a_ _ when it gets larger. And
> > don't expect many fry. The
> > angelfish will get most of them. One other thing.
> > The A. borellii don't do
> > especially well at the elevated temperatures
> > needed for Discus. Remember borellii
> > come from a subtropical climate zone similar to
> > southern Florida.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> > charles watty wrote:
> >
> > > I have a heavily planted 50 gallon tank (plenty of wood and overturned 
>clay
> > > pots) with only a corydoras catfish, a small algae eater, and two 
>young
> > > angelfish.
> > >
> > > I want to add three A. borellii and three A. uaupesi (only a single 
>male of
> > > each) and a few young discus.
> > >
> > > Does anyone see any potential problems with this mix?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Charles
> > > 
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