Roy Hunter
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> From: StephenBou at aol.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] What is a scat?
> Date: Monday, May 05, 1997 8:51 PM
>
> Julie wrote:
>
> >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.
>
>
>
> -- Stephen
>
> stephenbou at aol.com
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