Re: NANFA-- Golden Shiner Question

Bill Flowers (bloomin_at_indy.net)
Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:28:07 -0500

The Blackspotted topminnow seems to like duckweed. I know i throw a
little in their tank and by that evening it is all gone.

Bill Flowers

unclescott wrote:

>R. W. Wolff noted
>
>
>>Goldens are awesome at getting rid of algaes and duckweed in tanks and
>>ponds.... (among other neat things.)
>>
>>
>
>Duckweed ... hummm. What other natives relish duckweed?
>
>We encountered a couple of 5-6 inch golden shiners when the Il-IN gtroup was
>at the Spring Brook Nature Center in Itasca, IL. As often happens when one
>encounters a fish new to them, the response was, "Thats a shiner?" Certainly
>was pleasent news to several of us.
>
>Thanks for any thoughts on duckweed grazers.
>
>All the best,
>
>Scott
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