Hair algae

whiteymoza · Post by **whiteymoza** » 02 Mar 2006, 19:12

What fish are there that eat hair algae.. shrimps just get eaten by my angels and dwarf puffers almost instanty its getting quite a problem now big long strands on my amazon swords.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 02 Mar 2006, 19:35

Crossocheilus siamensis!

or the Common Bristlenose; Ancistrus domesticus.
it's in the catelog as Ancistrus sp 3.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 02 Mar 2006, 20:25

the Common Bristlenose; Ancistrus domesticus.

I would have to disagree with that. No loricariid I have ever kept (including A.domesticus) will eat the stuff (Oedogonium sp.).

I have heard that rosy barbs will eat it though.

With an algae problem, I would always try to treat the cause not the symptom.

Check out this post......

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hair+algae

Kana3 · Post by **Kana3** » 03 Mar 2006, 01:39

racoll wrote:I would have to disagree with that.

I've had that Algae in varying quantities for about 15 years. But I've never seen it in such decline, as when I peered into my tank just yesterday, where I'm raising 30 young Bristlenose.

I'm quite open to the suggestion that they're not there to eat, and only rasp it up, on the way through. But they're doing the job, plants, fixtures, stumps, and glass!

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 03 Mar 2006, 08:51

Very true Kana3.

My point was that you shouldn't expect your hair algae problem to dissapear after adding a single bristlenose to your tank.