Does Yamato eat BBA?

**cheeboonyong** · 24th Jun 2003, 20:21

Hi,

I'm specifically checking if Yamato shrimps eat BBA?

Also, can SAE do the same job?

**hwchoy** · 24th Jun 2003, 21:12

YES and MAYBE

**cheeboonyong** · 24th Jun 2003, 21:46

thanks! simple question and quick answer. Just the way I like it...

**David** · 24th Jun 2003, 23:16

Hi CBY

Yamatoes does not eat BBA but what they can do for you is to eat leftover food and death leaf material. SAE on the other hand only eats young BBA and not the big ones and that is provided if the SAE is not overfed.

Currently the Cigar fish is the one to have to control BBA

**cheeboonyong** · 24th Jun 2003, 23:45

Serious? Cigar fish? I'm selling a Cigar fish for my friend. Guess I'll &quot;borrow&quot; from him for a while first...

**lvanilla** · 24th Jun 2003, 23:49

Hi david, where to buy this cigar fish? How much? will it eat others fish or shrimps?Can it tahan acidic water?

**hwchoy** · 25th Jun 2003, 00:21

my yamatoes eat those ball-shaped black hairy algae. Is that BBA?

**David** · 25th Jun 2003, 00:23

Hi CBY

That is why I am wondering why are you selling the Cigar Fish

Hi Ivanilla

I only saw the fish at Gan's display tank and Simon told me some fish shop selling them which I cannot remember ...as I wasnt paying any attention to what Simon was blabbering about......hahahahhahaha

No they will not eat Yamatoes and what sort of PH are you refering to?

**David** · 25th Jun 2003, 00:25

Hi Hwchoy

Nope that is not BBA....it just a thick piece of Green Algae that has gone black....whahahahhaa....no seriously

**hwchoy** · 25th Jun 2003, 00:42

yah I am confused, I have called it hair algae as they are actually very dark green, but some pictures I have seen says it is BBA. In my opinion BBA is those short stubby ones, not those long furry type?

My hairgrass is infested with these long furry stuff, but can see the yamatoes are eating them.

**bclee** · 25th Jun 2003, 09:54

BBA are those short ones without &quot;branching&quot;.

Green algae are those with lots of &quot;branching&quot; like web. Those IMO is more difficult to get rid of compared to BBA.

BC

**hwchoy** · 25th Jun 2003, 15:15

BC, those flossy green algae? Once had those infecting my moss, did a 1-week blackout along with 6 hungry pgymy pencilfish Nannostomus marginatus, squeaky clean when the lights came on.

**Blue Whale** · 25th Jun 2003, 21:19

[&quot;] Ooo..algae? BC, describe leh.

I see two kinda, one that is like one patch of sai like that, like fuzed together one whilst the other kind sticks along the glass...hairy hairy one. Hee Hee..haven't got the fury ball type one yet.

How do you in your context describe the above two kinds?

I was previously too shy to ask. Hee Hee...

Thread: Does Yamato eat BBA?

Thread Tools

Does Yamato eat BBA?

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions