The other stuff that Liz said about em is true, too. Also, a friend of mine
found out that they are fairly low-temp tolerant when she had em in a tank
outside on her deck last fall. Apparently 50s F are fine for them, so
something to think about if you are setting up an unheated tank for
sub-tropicals. As for me, I have had pretty decent luck with Amanos eating
hair algae, at least when I employ a good-size crew of them.
Julie <><
>From: Andrew Boyd <andrew_db at bigpond.com>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [RML] Re: Cyclop-eeze rainbowfish diet
>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:09:09 +1000
>
>Hi Julie,
>
>Amano shrimp - are they named after the Japanese tank landscape chap?
>
>Cheers, Andrew
>
>Julie Zeppieri wrote:
>
> >I've never seen a bow go after Black Bottle Brush algaes, sadly. Also, if
> >you want to keep your plants safe, you should be sure they get their
>greens
> >in what you *feed* them and not just rely on what's in the tank. This may
> >make them a bit lazy, but better than them eating the leaves off your
>Myaca
> >or something.
> >
> >You may want to employ a crew of Amano or other algae-eating shrimps as a
> >backup. That and the shrimps are pretty cool critters in their own right.
>If
> >you use SAEs to keep the black algae down, be aware they will go after
>your
> >fine-leaved plants as well, especially when they are larger. I am not
>aware
> >of another critter that will eat the black algae, and I have had bad
>results
> >with chemical controls for this -- rare fish died and it was not pretty.
> >:-( I no longer trust chemical controls for black algae. Hopefully, you
> >will not have problems with black algae and it will all be a moot point.
> >
> >Julie <><
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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