On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:44:47 GMT, Trevor Stenson
wrote:
Are there any recommended algae-eaters that won't turn into Godzilla?

Bristle nose pl*co AKA Bushy nose pl*co AKA Ancistrus catfish - an
excellent algae eater - grows to about 4 or 5 inches max. As with his
brethren and sistren loricarids, needs hidey holes and wood to chew
on. Some will feed and cruise in the daytime, but my experience has
been that they do most of their stepping out at night, after lights
out. Also make sure he gets some veggies as he will run out of algae
pretty quickly. I drop algae food discs into my ancistrus containing
tanks after the lights go out, the discs are always gone in the
morning. A 3 page article in the FAMA that just hit the newsstands
this week features the bushy nose - it's buried way back near the
classifieds. Perhaps the author wanted to hide it because he was
embarrassed - I would have hidden it for sure if I had written such a
shallow article, but it's a nice intro, I suppose. If you introduce
more than one of the suckermouth catfish to your tank, make sure that
each has his or her own hidey hole and wood.

-- Mister Gardener

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