Subj : Algae Growth
To   : mark lewis
From : Allen Prunty
Date : Sat Jan 12 2008 05:38 am

 Re: Algae Growth
 By: mark lewis to ALLEN PRUNTY on Sat Dec 29 2007 08:56 pm

> don't feed so much... the more nutrients you have, the more the algea will
> grow... i've gone to feeding my tanks only once or twice a week and no longe
> have algae growth problems... there was a time, though, when i had hair alga
> that was 3 to 4 inches long and lost numerous fish when they'd get tangled i
> it...

I feed about once a week ... maybe less if I can remember it... I do feed good
food... Aquadine high protein flakes.

> when you say that you are getting "algae eaters", what, exactly, are you
> getting? plecostomas shouldn't have a problem cleaning algae but you might n
> a large tank in a year or so for them :)  my last pleco was 19 inches long,
> to tail and about 2.5 inches across the head at its eyes ;)

I can not get plecostomus, or is it plecostomi when there is one to stay alive
more than a month.  I have been buying "chinese algae eaters"... they seem to
have difficulty actually eating algae... and like to pick on other fish.

Allen

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