Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:56 pm
Post subject: Question About ABNs
I can't remember if I've already asked about this, but do ABNs eat diatoms?
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funkyj Topical Tropical Royalty
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:38 pm
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What is a diatom?
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mpp Moderator
Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 648 Location: Bellevue NE
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:59 pm
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ARB,
as in brown algae, nope. at least not to any noticable degree. Remember my 75 with the diatom outbreak? There were several bushynose in there and they didn't touch it.
mike
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funkyj Topical Tropical Royalty
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:06 pm
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I would try rainbow cichlids. I put 3 of these in my wifes community tank and there wasn't any algae of any kind the next morning.
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:08 pm
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Rosy Barbs, Florida Flag Fish or SAE might help some too. You can borrow some of my rosy's if you want to try them out first.
mike
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clunkster Topical Tropical Royalty
Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 1012 Location: the dark side of the tank ok then its dewsbury west yorkshire U.K.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:05 pm
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Most fish will not touch any brown algea so i think you will struggle to find a fish that will eat diatoms
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