>My experience w/ scats, esp the young ones, is that they do much better in
>a tank w/ a good algae growth for them to graze upon. I have seen them eat
>hair algae, but they also *relish* most spp of aquarium plants. This makes
>them a poor choice for the planted aquarium. :( Unless it was planned as
>a salad bar anyhow. ;) At the store I work in, and the ones before that,
>we tended to keep them in, and recommend, brackish water, vs FW, so most
>live plants would've been out regardless. They get large to huge,
>depending upon species, and need to be well-fed for the young ones to
>thrive (w/ the appropriate lg water changes, of course). :)
>
>Hope this helps w/ what you were originally looking for...
>
>Julie <><
Hmmm. From what everyone says (thanks for the responses!), it might not
be a good idea to have scats in a freshwater planted tank.
I've decided to try first some algacide, and see how that goes.
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