Feeding algae-eaters

[esandland]

Can anyone give me any advice on how to keep my algae-eater healthy....
I've got a small (4cm) chinese hillstream loach, only had him for a month or so. Bought some algae pellets and started chucking them in for him....woh...algae outburst! Then I got some frozen bloodworm which he seemed to gobble down off the gravel. But....now he doesn't react to the bloodworm and i'm not putting the pellets in often (for obvious reasons)....is he ok with the small amounts of algae that grow on the glass?

[Billy]

"esandland" > wrote in
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| Can anyone give me any advice on how to keep my algae-eater
healthy....
| I've got a small (4cm) chinese hillstream loach, only had him for a
| month or so. Bought some algae pellets and started chucking them
in
| for him....woh...algae outburst! Then I got some frozen bloodworm
which
| he seemed to gobble down off the gravel. But....now he doesn't
react to
| the bloodworm and i'm not putting the pellets in often (for obvious
| reasons)....is he ok with the small amounts of algae that grow on
the
| glass?
|

Every once in a while, give him some veggies. Zuchini seems to be
popular. Microwave it for a few seconds to soften.

[Chris]

I give mine algae wafers.
Chris.

esandland wrote:

> Can anyone give me any advice on how to keep my algae-eater healthy....
> I've got a small (4cm) chinese hillstream loach, only had him for a
> month or so. Bought some algae pellets and started chucking them in
> for him....woh...algae outburst! Then I got some frozen bloodworm which
> he seemed to gobble down off the gravel. But....now he doesn't react to
> the bloodworm and i'm not putting the pellets in often (for obvious
> reasons)....is he ok with the small amounts of algae that grow on the
> glass?
>
>