> I am currently having an attack of 2 different kinds in two different
tanks.
>
> In one tank that is heavily planted, I am having an abundance of hair
algae.
> This is really concerning because I like the plants and I usually lose the
> battle with hair algae. I would like to try American flag fish, but none
of
> my local fish stores have any right now. Well, that's not completely
true.
> Petsmart had one, but it shipped as a contaminant and the wage slaves at
the
> store couldn't seem to understand that it was not a blue scaled zeedo and
it
> wasn't worth $6.
>
> The other tank is growing a nice carpet of cyanobacter. I vacuumed up
most
> of it, but I know from past experiencethat it will be back. In the past,
I
> have used ramshorn snails (the little guys with no no stripes) to eat this
> stuff with great success. I am just a bit short on ramshorns right now.
I
> *could* use erythromycin to kill it, but I'd rather use snails.
>
> So here's the begging-
>
> If anyone has access to american flag fish or ramshorn snails I would
really
> appreciate an email off list. Even if you could buy them from your local
> fish store I'd be willing to pay for the fish and shipping (depending on
> price). Otherwise, I would be interested in talking a trade.
>
> I'm sorry if I irritated anyone on the list by soliciting a trade not in
the
> trading post.
>
> Geoff Kimber
> Lexington,KY
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