"sexandcheerios" wrote in message
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I've started a little algae garden (not intentionaly) in my 55g tank since
I've added the new lighting system (3 4' F32T8/Excella bulbs). Most of the
posters on this ng rave about SAEs so I thought I might get a few of them
but then the guy at the LFS (petsmart)...snip

many of the chain type pet stores have a bad reputation as far as 'working
knowledge' goes. while this isnt true for all of them (they really should be
judged on a case-by-case basis), it usually will take a while before people will
feel confident about them given their reputation. personally, i listen to the
people here more than my LFS, (especially people like Jim and NetMax, mostly
because they are the ones i've known the most in response to my own questions,
but there certainly are others here! :-) ). combined, the people here have alot
more years of experience, easily more years than these chain stores have been in
bussiness.

I asked about SAEs vs. Otos vs. other options...

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Any help with this
would be appreciated!

i've had great results with oto's, two in my 25 gallon keep it squeeky clean.
there are others here that will have different opinions, part of it will depend
on your water parameters, fish load and types of fish.

best advice i can give you is what you have already done,... which is ask. :-)

best of luck and i hope this helps you some.

tedd.