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I've had an angel in my 20g for about a month now. It seems to be healthy and is growing (I bought it very small). Within the last couple weeks or so it has started eating almost exclusively algae. I feed both flakes and freeze-dried bloodworms, and it will take a flake every once in a while, but that is rare, and it never eats bloodworms. I'm not super concerned, I just know they're supposed to be carnivores and I think it's a little wierd that it's behaving like this. My 3 tetras tend to eat the food really quickly when I feed them, but there is always some food left that the angel could eat. temp is around 76, ph 8ish, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, nitrate no more than 5 or so.

Does the Angel eat the Algae that grown in the tank?.
I'm quite surprised that it doesn't eat Bloodworms, as mine go crazy when i feed them.


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It eats brown algae that grows on the glass and plants. I think it might have something to do with the tetras going so crazy for food. They don't bully the angel, but they move so quickly that when the angel tries to nab a flake, it can't even get there in time.

My Angels are nearly always first for the food, but the Tetra's also take their share.



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