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Kellyjhw Big Fish My bubble... Posts: 405 Kudos: 217 Votes: 471 Registered: 22-Nov-2008	Has anyone experienced this? I have the normal buildup of algae on the glass of my tank every few weeks, right. So the fish completely ignore it. But the minute I start to scrape the glass, they all converge to eat it as it floats off the scraper! Is it okay for them to eat this algae? And why won't they eat it off the glass? TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now Kelly ;o}
Posted 23-Aug-2009 13:11
Soidfuf Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 52 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Aug-2006	What kinds of fish are they?
Posted 23-Aug-2009 17:04
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Most fish are not equipped with either the behavior or the mouths to deal with algae growing off a smooth surface like a glass or a rock. A lot of fish, on the other hand, are pretty good at picking small particles out from midwater. That's my guess. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 23-Aug-2009 18:15
Kellyjhw Big Fish My bubble... Posts: 405 Kudos: 217 Votes: 471 Registered: 22-Nov-2008	Soidfuf, I have Angels, Black Ruby Barbs, Yo-Yo loaches, and Neon tetras. It's usually the Angels and barbs fighting to get the algae. Shinigami, I have witnessed the Angels scrape algae off of my dragon bubbler. Granted it was when they were preparing to spawn. TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now Kelly ;o}
Posted 23-Aug-2009 23:31
ScottF Fish Addict Addiction Hurts!! Posts: 542 Kudos: 330 Votes: 355 Registered: 28-May-2007	I don't think that bit of algea will hurt your fish. Barbs will semmingly try to eat most anything that isnt nailed down. My guess is that Angels are the same way, although I haven't kept any Angels so I can't say from experience. Most fish won't mess too much with algae on glass, or rocks, etc, unless they are pre disposed to eat algae, like plecos, otocinclus, chinese algae eaters and the like.
Posted 25-Aug-2009 00:57


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