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    Yamato attacks my plants instead of hair algae

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    Recently my planted tank got infected with hair algae, after read some article here, notice that Yamato shrimps is good to 'kill' hair algae, so i decide to introduce some Yamato into my tank.
    But, 2nd day i see my plants, Yamato is chewing the leaves till holes everywhere on the leave, there are killing my plants instead of get rib of hair algae.
    what am i need to do now?

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    I doubt they would do that unless the plants are in bad shape or dying. Yamatoes do help but then the main work has to be done with the aquarist. (trimming/cleaning and correcting of conditions so that it does not come back again.)

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    If the leaves of your plants are brown and dying...I will expect the yamatos to try to eat them...

    from my experience, my yamatos do not touch my plant
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    No, the plant is healthy plant, but they eat it.
    Are they prefer to attack this plant?
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    Not sure if that is an aquatic plant....doesn't seem like one. But then I may be wrong as I can be very bad at plant ID.

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    Hmm. Looks like an E.quadricostatus. Soft and juicy leaves. Yummy...

    But still Yamatos don't attack plants for no good reason. Unless they are really starving.
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    maybe u are rite, they are very hungry til eat whatever they think can eat.
    ok, i will try to feed in the algae waffer, monitor for few days.

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