If you starve them, yes.
Hi, any forumers can confirm if a pair of starved mollies (or black mollies) is effective in getting rid of some hair algae? If so, i need to be able to distinguish between a mollie and a platy, please help. Thanks in advance.
Rob
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"Natura non facit saltum"
If you starve them, yes.
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Even cherry barbs, when starved, makes a good algae eater.
But it is generally not advisable to starve them to have such an outcome.
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It's a 3ft heavy planted tank with shrimps and cardinals. I'm wondering if mollies would be able to adapt and be effective to rid the hair algae. Read that Florida Flag fish and/or rosy barbs are recommended as well. Just find these fish do not 'blend in' well in my tank.
Rob
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"Natura non facit saltum"
Even the famous florida flag fish will stop eating algae if they are not starved and have in abundance other food source
Eugene (^_^)
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Now swimming: Plecos and Apistogrammas
The problem is that if you starve them, you starve the rest as well....
I am into Plecos now...
L46, L173, L134 & L236
~~Jeffrey~~
what i am doing now, is netting out my yamatos. Starve them. Throw in several strings of hair algae every now and then, and hope they get hungry enough and start eating them. Once that is accomplished, i'll release them back to the tank and see whether they'll pick up the war against those cursed hair algae. Wish me luck!
Try getting the taiwanese shrimps from colourful aquarium, rather cheap for the amount you pay. They look like malayans, but they are not.
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