Re: NANFA-- snails in darter tank

james graham (busterg_at_voyager.net)
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:59:57 -0500

Jay,
If you don't mind a non-native, try using dwarf bristlenose plecos. This
spring after I came down with arthritis and couldn't hardly take care of
myself let alone the fish, the 300 in my livingroom was overrun with algae.
The tank gets a lot of morning light from the East.It had a thick mat on all
sides. Leo Long stopped down to see me and suggested throwing a couple of
bristlenose in and it wasn't two weeks and they had eaten 90% of it. A lot
easier than cleaning it myself.

Jim Graham
Hastings Mi

----- Original Message -----
From: Jay DeLong <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: NANFA-- snails in darter tank

> I can't keep small snails in my darter tank (I guess the rainbow and/or
> redline darters are eating them) and I have an algae problem I want to
> control. Those same snails do a great algae-control job in a killie tank
> I've got. Anyone have advice for my darter tank?
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
>
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