Subj : Algae Growth
To   : ALLEN PRUNTY
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Dec 29 2007 08:56 pm


 AP> How do you stop Algae?

 AP> I keep getting the so call Algae Eaters and I guess they eat them
 AP> selves to death.  I've moved the tank away from sun and a light
 AP> source and still get it.

 AP> Any solutions?

don't feed so much... the more nutrients you have, the more the algea will 
grow... i've gone to feeding my tanks only once or twice a week and no longer 
have algae growth problems... there was a time, though, when i had hair algae 
that was 3 to 4 inches long and lost numerous fish when they'd get tangled in 
it...

when you say that you are getting "algae eaters", what, exactly, are you 
getting? plecostomas shouldn't have a problem cleaning algae but you might need 
a large tank in a year or so for them :)  my last pleco was 19 inches long, now 
to tail and about 2.5 inches across the head at its eyes ;)

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