I think ECTAN post a thread in the fishkeeping section..
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Florida Flag Fish
A most efficient weapon against HAIR ALGAE in your
aquarium. They just LOVE to eat this algae.
They will even devour hair algae forms that
Siamese Algae Eaters (SAEs) won't touch. Its
been noted recently that several forms of Bush
Algae will also fall before a FFF onslaught.
The Florida Flag Fish (FFF) also makes short
work of Lemna minor and Wolffiia arrihza; two
forms of Duck weed. Duckweed is a really
annoying surface plant that spreads rapidly
and blocks light to your aquarium plants.
This is a tough little fish that lives and
prospers under some truly WIDE water conditions
from the very soft, acidic waters of a discus
tank, to very hard waters in an African Cichlid
tank (though you don't want to keep 'em w/ those
aggressive African Cichlids), to even Brackish
water. It is very resistant to disease, temperature
changes, pH swings and to water change stress.
FFF grow not much bigger than 2"; and are
shoaling fish.. They breed VERY easily.
Please note, males will defend their eggs
from other fish that try toencroach. This
area is usually a 6 squ inch zone so its
insignificant in large planted aquaria. To
prevent this behavior, be prepared to separate
males from females to prevent them from breeding.
Male FFF are also the most attractive compared to
the Female FFF. Reduce your fish feedings to
encourage even speedier hairy algae elimination.
Use standard acclimatization protocols for breaking in
new fish.
I think ECTAN post a thread in the fishkeeping section..
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The title below my name does not make me a guru...listen at your own risk!...
This is one of those fish which we don't get here... at least I've not seen it... both the american flag fish and the ameca splendans have a good reputation for dealing with algae... both can't be gotten locally. At least not that I know of.
Allen
and maybe with good reason, since its likely to kill every other fish in your tank (thereby reducing bioload and reducing algae in the process )
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