Scott Far Thunder
June 29th 05, 04:30 PM
Hau kolas..
I've had a problem with hair/thread algae in a 29 gallon tank for quite a while now. long story short, got some ameca splendens to eat the stuff versus poisoning it. Time and time again these got the nod from others. anyway, not only have they not touched the algae, the male seems to harass his community tankmates. however, I've never seen him actually nip fins, just chase the fish out of "his" current spot. yet, several fish have been showing tattered fins in the last week..two large skunk corys larger than him and several tetras slightly smaller than the goodeid. water tests show 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate; I'm fairly sure the fin damage is result of aggression rather than water quality. Still waiting on my phosphate test in the mail. So; my question is, short of starving the things, why do ameca splendens keep coming up as such prolific algae eaters? I'm sorely disappointed in that regard. also, real world experience are these fish generally aggressive to similar or smaller sized tank mates? I'm aware that tetras can/will nip fins, but I've had this small school of 6 red-eyed for the better part of 2 years now with no such problems amongst themselves or their tankmates. TIA
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I've had a problem with hair/thread algae in a 29 gallon tank for quite a while now. long story short, got some ameca splendens to eat the stuff versus poisoning it. Time and time again these got the nod from others. anyway, not only have they not touched the algae, the male seems to harass his community tankmates. however, I've never seen him actually nip fins, just chase the fish out of "his" current spot. yet, several fish have been showing tattered fins in the last week..two large skunk corys larger than him and several tetras slightly smaller than the goodeid. water tests show 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate; I'm fairly sure the fin damage is result of aggression rather than water quality. Still waiting on my phosphate test in the mail. So; my question is, short of starving the things, why do ameca splendens keep coming up as such prolific algae eaters? I'm sorely disappointed in that regard. also, real world experience are these fish generally aggressive to similar or smaller sized tank mates? I'm aware that tetras can/will nip fins, but I've had this small school of 6 red-eyed for the better part of 2 years now with no such problems amongst themselves or their tankmates. TIA
lila pilamaya
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**FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW**