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I'm not too sure cos' I heard it just arrived. May need a little time to quarantine them. I think it's for sale now, but I would allow them to settle before purchasing them.
Hi guys,
Some of you have been looking for the famed BBA eater Anostomus ternetzi which have disappeared from the market for quite sometime already.
Anostomus ternetzi Feeding on black brush algae (BBA)
This fish is now available at Gan's Fish Farm in very limited quantity. Price should be well below the last quoted market of S$18 per piece.
For those of you interested, go check it out before it's gone! You might want to call for availibility before making your way there.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
I'm not too sure cos' I heard it just arrived. May need a little time to quarantine them. I think it's for sale now, but I would allow them to settle before purchasing them.
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Anyone going to Gan's tomorrow? I would want to hitch a ride there. I'm living in the east side of Sg.
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just a word of caution. This fish is rather aggressive on its own. I had only one before. Heard that in schools, they are more mild. Not sure if true. Mine bit the fins right off my apisto...[]
Cheers
Boon Yong
other than this fish, what're the others that feeds on bba?
Hi Boon Yong!
Is the fish really effective in eating BBA? I juz want to make sure b4 getting them. So far the famed BBA eaters like SAE and cherry barbs that I got are only avaricious fishflake gobblers! BBA will be the last thing you would expect them to eat!!!
You mentioned the fish can get aggresive. One of my red coral pencil will chase the other purple corals whenever its feeding time. Sometime it will serch for them and flare its fins, like having a confrontation with each other. Is the aggressiveness you mentioned like what I have written?
Cheers!
Was SAE ever in the list of BBA eaters?----------------
On 10/18/2003 11:31:25 PM
Hi Boon Yong!
Is the fish really effective in eating BBA? I juz want to make sure b4 getting them. So far the famed BBA eaters like SAE and cherry barbs that I got are only avaricious fishflake gobblers! BBA will be the last thing you would expect them to eat!!!
Cheers!
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Hi guys,
I have 4 of these in my tank and they are fine towards the other fishes. I suppose if you keep only one, they may be a bit more agressive. Pretty much like tiger barbs. Keep a minimum of 4 and they will not bother other fishes.
As for eating BBA, I have seen them actually grazing on the BBA and yanking them off my Cryptocoryne parva. Very effective. But once you run out of algae, you have to feed them. If not, they go after your plants.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Hi Sherwin!
Hmm... perhaps SAEs are not on the list of famed BBA eaters in this forum. I read in other forums where the hobbyists claimed how "good" these fishes really were until I experienced it for myself. Wonder if theirs is so "different" from ours here! heh! heh! =P
Thanks Benny for the info! Guess I have to rule that fish out! I do not have room for 4 of them. 2 of them in my crowded 3 ft tank may still be acceptable! Perhaps I should remove my SAEs to make room for them! But to catch these cunning creatures... Alas, I might as well forget about it!
Cheers!
Oh yah, a point to note is that this fish can grow up to 6" (15cm)
Kadios,
Agree with that SAE are really quite ineffective towards BBA but the are known to eat more filamentrous algae like hair/thread algae. Catching them out of planted tank is no joke. Good luck on that if you decide to catch them out.
Talking about SAE. I have a hard time to catch just one. In the end use 2 nets, one small one to chase it around until it find it's way into a bigger net. and to think my tank is only a 2ft.
All the time when i am playing hide and seek with SAE my friend is behind me laughing when i miss it, and to think it is him who wanted one of my SAE in the first place!
I conducted an experiment once before to test the theory that hungry SAE will eat BBA.
I placed my SAE in a betta tank fixed to my main tank. In that betta tank I throw all the BBA that I removed from my main tank.
Guessed what happended to my SAE?
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eaten by betta
Jump out of the betta tank and join the rest!
Starved to death?
Well, don't keep us hanging......----------------
On 10/19/2003 12:50:16 PM
Guessed what happended to my SAE?
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Yup. Starved to death. Became thinner and thinner like a dried anchovie so I released it back into the main tank but it didn't survive...
Please don't report me to SPCA. [
are there any other fishes that looks like this one? a pencilfish perhaps, cos i saw some at the LFS near my place selling at $8 only. Don't know name of shop, PM me if you want to know and i will check it up for you, sorry about ant inconvinience.
This prove that once the good food is serve, they rather starv to death than go back to the lousy BBA.----------------
On 10/19/2003 5:35:09 PM
Yup. Starved to death. Became thinner and thinner like a dried anchovie so I released it back into the main tank but it didn't survive...
Please don't report me to SPCA. [
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They go for young BBA as I have heard before and not those fully grown type. Go for the root cause of BBA instead and not the cure. Prevention is always better than cure.
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