Re: [GSAS-Member] Algae control

["Barbie" <barbie@fishaholics.org>]

Synodontis petricola eat hair algae also, and would be much more suited to life 
with african cichlids, IMO.

Barbie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: auntie.fran@netzero.com 
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  Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Algae control



  Will apple snails eat beard algae?  And, will they survive in a tank with 
blue daffodils and yellow labs?


  Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional.

  -- "A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com> wrote:
  Shortly after the plant auction I was setting up a 55 gallon tank and 
cannibalizing plants from my other tanks to fill it.  Sure enough, the tank I 
took the most plants out of suddenly was being overwhelmed by several types of 
algae.  I immediately crammed in a bunch more plants and tossed in a baby SAE.  
The increased plant load stopped the algae spread in its tracks, and now the 
baby SAE, the 5 otos, the large SAE, and the snails I no longer bother, are 
slowly cleaning the algae from the plants -- I'm also snipping off leaves that 
are completely algae-covered, so they can concentrate on only partially covered 
leaves.  And it seems to be working.

  I bought a 30 gallon long tank a couple of months ago from someone who had 
let it go downhill.  It had two beautiful pieces of bogwood covered with a 
dwarf java fern, but every leaf was black from algae.  Same with the anubias 
and the sag, and the glass of the aquarium itself.  Did the same thing.  Cut 
off the worst leaves (and every time I go in there I trim a little more, giving 
the new leaves a chance to grow), tossed in 2 SAE, and added a field of crypts 
that I bought for that purpose at the plant auction.  It's not quite there yet 
(crypts are still looking pretty forlorn), but it is SOOO much better.  A few 
apple snails are surviving, despite the loaches (maybe there are too big for 
the loaches?) and they are going a yoeman's job of clearing off the remaining 
black on the leaves.

  Anita
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: welenofsky@comcast.net<mailto:welenofsky@comcast.net> 
    To: GSAS Member<mailto:gsas-member@thekrib.com> 
    Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:56 AM
    Subject: [GSAS-Member] Algae control


    Since the plant auction, I've had all different types of algae plaguing my 
tank. What kinds of fish besides SAE will help control it? Where can I get 
these fish locally? Does anyone have any SAE or other algae-eating fish they 
don't want anymore? I have discus in the tank. I may just take it down and 
bleach the plants and/or strip the leaves off.

    Susan
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