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    what aquatic lifeform eats BBA?

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    kindly enlighten me... as my tank is starting to show BBA...
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    SAE, provide u starve them... reduce yr feeding, do water change, siphon all the debris

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    Nothing eats bba even SAE is not effective(IMO). I used ceratophyllum demersum to suppress and to get rid of it. U have to be patient, the tank will be cleared of bba after 2 to 3 months. Remember to clean your filter too.

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    one method defintely will work... plant all stemmed plants or fast growers.. guarantee to clear yr BBA

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    reduce feeding.. me feed them twice daily.. ok.. fishes.. u are now on a diet...and i dun have much stem and fast growers... perhaps will give SAE a try.. once my bba is done, will try to catch them out to to starve them again.. hahaha...
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    that's call over feeding also
    hehee
    i only feed them once a day
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    On 6/12/2002 10:47:23 PM

    reduce feeding.. me feed them twice daily.. ok.. fishes.. u are now on a diet...and i dun have much stem and fast growers... perhaps will give SAE a try.. once my bba is done, will try to catch them out to to starve them again.. hahaha...
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    i am, like the originator of this topic, combating BBA in my tank. Its now more or less under control. Try feeding a moderate amount every other day. Fishes do well with fasting, sorta clear their internals (or so i read/heard somewhere).

    Not forgetting fast grower. A very useful plant would be H. Difformis. When BBA attaches to its leave, just clip it off and throw.

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    When BBA attaches to its leave, just clip it off and throw.
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    if that is the case, i have to clip a lot of my crypto leh..
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    I have that too.

    How will water change help ? Thks.

    These algae stinks when they grow in large amount .... doubt anything will really eat them ... rather eat the green and tender leaves than these black and tough stuff.

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    try barbs too. Rosy barbs work well actually. not bad lah.
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    barbs might nip at other fish.. try pencilfish..

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    try barbs too. Rosy barbs work well actually. not bad lah.
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    pencilfish??? i thought only SAE eats those stuff??[:]
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    imho, sae are really effective only in a dutch aquarium or initiatial phase where there are no other fish cos sae are very smart and will very soon adapt to fish food.

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    imho, sae are really effective only in a dutch aquarium or initiatial phase where there are no other fish cos sae are very smart and will very soon adapt to fish food.
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    kekekeke, I only feed my fishes 5 times in 7 days. fasting is good for the soul, and encourages SAE to do their needful duties
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    [] in my old 2ft tank which had bba, i took the above advises (change water, less feeding) and added in cherry barbs & pencilfish. until today still don't know who did the job...[]
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    anyone know where to get pencil fish and at a good price ?

    only saw it before in rainbow ... maybe becoz they are the few who label and id the fish in english

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    was at C328 just now, didn't see any dwarf and 3-line, only got the one-line pencilfish.

    BTW, this football craze is frightening, I was actually able to walk (as opposed to FIGHT) my way into c328 and stand in front of a tank for a good 3 minutes [:0] seems everyone has gone to the football betting stall further up
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    ever went to c328 to look for algae eating fish ... and the lady recommend me flying foxes .... now flying fox are active fish but they hardly eat algae . just to be sure ... pencilfish is not flying fox ... and how much they usually cost ?

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    peter, dun mistake flying fox for SAE

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    c328: go on wednesday; not crowded: cos the claypot rice shop is not open on wednesday..

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