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Hornwort, Anachris, Ambulia, Wisteria. All heavy water root feeders.
I used to have an algae problem in my 90g of black beard, hair, and staghorn algae. I added ambulia, it grows like a noxious weed, and between it and my algae eaters (1 farlowella, 1 inspector pleco, 2 ottos, 2 sailfin mollies, 3 SAE's) the tank stays nice and almost clean.

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I had 2 plants of lucky bamboo in my fry tank is it was fully covered in green hair algae. Once placed in my 2ft main my guppies started to crowed around it and started to pick at it. After 20mins the plant was clean. Quite amazing.

Hmm alrity!!

-Problem 2 guppies just died off:#(I presume it is columnaris(how ever u spell this) They dropped so fast, this afternoon they are still somewhat swimming and few hrs later poop...gone. They are really sensitive. I will keep a close eye on my other guys. Paremeters are fine with
ammonia=0
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nitrAte=20-40
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Last edited by BigGee168 at 06-Feb-2005 01:34

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Mmm, no... If x is males, then females should be 2x. You should have double the amount of females as males. Or... somewhere near there.

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so the equation of x+1 where x is males?

Hey thx guys and gals for all the help

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i believe people say guppie ratio should be 1m/2f

*change view towards apple snails*
I tink i want to get one then
I got a total of 8 guppies now. 5F 3M what's the ratio u ppl put them?

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Apple snails are sexual reproducers. You need 2 to make babies. The other snails you had were probably hermaphroditic, or asexual. An apple snail would never add more snails to your tank unless you wanted them!
Yes, Guppies are a schooling fish. Guppies love the company of many more guppies!


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The problem with snails is their population double in quiet a short time and I don't want to snail investation
I had some snails b4 (not an apple snail though) they reproduced like just couldn't stand it.

I got somemore guppies

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EDIT: What ratio would u guys/gals think is right?

Last edited by BigGee168 at 03-Feb-2005 13:03

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have you guys tried the apple snail? the one that is yellow and looks like a regular snail? ive heard they are the best for hair like alge! i had one before and it did get ride of my beard/hair alge! you all should try it!

Last edited by BabyBlueEyes at 03-Feb-2005 10:26

I will probably go get some hornwort. They look the neatest to me
And for the guppies they did do a OK job on the algae. They actually ate the hair algae! But problem was that they only stay on the top so the hair algae in the bottom half of the tank were untouched
Btw do guppies shoal?

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Hi guys and gals!

I've heard mollies and platies eat algae but do guppies eat algae too? It would be good if they do!

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My Bristlenose chowed down my hair/black beard algae. I have a clean tank now. The trick to get a lazy pleco to eat the algae is, dont give him any choice! Dont feed him for awhile, and he will surely eat what is available.
Hillstreams eat algae, but not enough to make a noticeable difference. I assume they dont require as large a diet as a BN or such.
I also have SAE's, they eat my hair/beard algae, so do my sailfin mollies, and my farlowella catfish.
Farlowella is a great algae eater too, and really neat looking.


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Yah I know about the BN don't touch it at all neither the ottos. My flying fox dun touch it either.]:|

I guess I need one of em hornworts and other chioces of plants that might help?

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They do pick at algae, but not to the point where they can clean a tank of it. And yes, they do pick at the algae on the glass... I love watching them bounce off the glass as they pick at the algae. It's all like, nibblebounce, nibblebounce, nibblebounce.

Trust me, though, they don't eat enough to make much of a dent in the algae. I have a ten gallon admittedly overstocked with guppy girls (trying to fix the issue though!) and there's still a bunch of algae, despite the fact that there's only 15 watts over the tank and it doesn't get any sunlight. Lights are one for about 12 hours a day, if that.

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hillstream loaches will eat all kinds me thinks, but they require LOTS of current

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Yeah, my guppies do not touch the hair/beard algae. I've heard a couple of times that the rosy barbs will eat it and one type of flying foxes. I was at the LFS the other day and the guy told me the same thing. So... I bought some of the long finned rosy barbs and put them in one of the tanks that has a good amount of it and we shall see what happens....

Other than that I have heard that the only other way to get rid of it is to strip down your tank and bleach everything. Ewwww. I have taken out some of the ornaments and have done that but have not been able to bring myself to break down the whole tank. I notice that if I put some hornwart in the tank, the hair/beard algae does not continue to grow. I guess the hornwart wins at competing for the nutrients.

Like I said...we shall see what happens with these rosy barbs!

Edit: My BN plecs do not touch it either, I guess it does not taste very good...neither do the otto's.

Last edited by ~jamie~ at 01-Feb-2005 13:55

Definatly hair/beard Got plenty plecos don't touch em. Their alwayz on the driftwood

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My guppies love algae tabs, but as far as real live growing algae it depends what kind. If it's hair/beard algae they will pick at it but not enough to get rid of it or anything. If it's the algae that grows on the glass and on ornaments and such, they don't touch that.

What kind of algae are you looking for them to eat?

*Off to the LFS*

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