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echo: aquarium
to: ALLEN PRUNTY
from: mark lewis
date: 2007-12-29 20:56:16
subject: Algae Growth

AP> How do you stop Algae?

 AP> I keep getting the so call Algae Eaters and I guess they eat them
 AP> selves to death.  I've moved the tank away from sun and a light
 AP> source and still get it.

 AP> Any solutions?

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
longer have algae growth problems... there was a time, though, when i had
hair algae that was 3 to 4 inches long and lost numerous fish when they'd
get tangled in it...

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 need a large tank in a year or so for them :)  my last pleco was
19 inches long, now to tail and about 2.5 inches across the head at its
eyes ;)

)\/(ark

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