Whether loach needs feeding?

#1 January 18th 04, 07:30 PM

I have a 20 gallon with 2 gfs and have just bought a Weather Loach.
Will he eat the brown algae that's around the tank or do I need some
bottom food? (The gfs eat floating flakes which he doesn't notice).
And if I do feed the loach will that discourage him from eating algae?
Do Weather Loaches eat any algae at all?

felix

#2 January 18th 04, 09:41 PM

I've give him algae wafers and bottom feeder pellets alternately. I doubt
very much that he will eat any of your algae so he'll probably need feeding
once a day.

"felix" wrote in message
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I have a 20 gallon with 2 gfs and have just bought a Weather Loach.
Will he eat the brown algae that's around the tank or do I need some
bottom food? (The gfs eat floating flakes which he doesn't notice).
And if I do feed the loach will that discourage him from eating algae?
Do Weather Loaches eat any algae at all?

felix

#3 January 19th 04, 03:35 AM

FYI, brown 'algae' is diatoms, not algae.

Check out:

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/ghillstream.html

http://www.goldfishparadise.com/articles/algae.php

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