One day I upped my white LED lights to 100% from a fairly low level (45-50%). I forgot about it and left it at 100% for a while. Now I'm experiencing some algae problems. In addition to turning down the lights, I am doing frequent water changes and am watching my feeding so I don't overfeed.
But I was wondering: How effective are Florida flag fish at removing algae? Are they aggressive? I've read some unflattering things about their behavior, but an wondering what you all think.
I have six rainbow darters, eight southern redbelly dace and a small school of mixed shiners. I wouldn't want to add anything that would harm them.
Florida flag fish for algae control?
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Posted 25 July 2017 - 02:45 PM
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Posted 25 July 2017 - 07:16 PM
Stonerollers are good algae eaters and would compliment what you have as they are often cohabitat species.
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Posted 26 July 2017 - 08:53 AM
Depends in part on the kinds of algae you have. Even algae-eating specialists don't eat all kinds of algae. I haven't found any animal that reliably eats mat-forming blue-greens (Oscillatoria, Phormidium, etc). Amano shrimp (Asian) seem to be the best overall algae-eaters.
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Posted 26 July 2017 - 11:00 AM
I would go with Stonerollers, like Casper said. They are the only native I've seen to actively eat on algae.
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Posted 26 July 2017 - 04:40 PM
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Posted 26 July 2017 - 05:56 PM
ahead of the game. Nativeplanter, Laura was her name, was a big proponent of peroxide for algae control. Or just learn to love it if it
isn't too out of hand.
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