jsoong
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hi again, hadn't posted for a while (too busy) but was lurking in the sidelines from time to time.
To make a long story short, I've finally decided to try some algae eaters for my cold water goldies tank. <I had a bout of BBA which I've fought to a draw with adding KNO3. It's still in the tank, but not spreading too fast, and is slowly being replaced with green algae .... good, I think>. From all my research, it seems my best choice would be hillstream loach or bristlenose pleco. Although the hillstream (aka Chinese butterfly) loach had a spotty record as an algae eater, I like how the fish look, so I am trying them first ..... I'll prob. get a bristlenose also.
Well, I finally found some this weekend & I now have 2 in my QT. My plan was to not feed these guys & simply let them live off the algae. However, I am having second thoughts. I had a bunch of rocks from the main tank with lots of yummy algae in the QT. Although I've seen the hillies grazing on the rocks from time to time, there is not a lot of difference in the amount of algae ... so I am wondering if they are getting enough to eat! <BTW, they both look healthy & active.>
So what do you thinK? Feed them something else (& risk spoiling them so they won't want to touch the algae) or let it be?
TIA
To make a long story short, I've finally decided to try some algae eaters for my cold water goldies tank. <I had a bout of BBA which I've fought to a draw with adding KNO3. It's still in the tank, but not spreading too fast, and is slowly being replaced with green algae .... good, I think>. From all my research, it seems my best choice would be hillstream loach or bristlenose pleco. Although the hillstream (aka Chinese butterfly) loach had a spotty record as an algae eater, I like how the fish look, so I am trying them first ..... I'll prob. get a bristlenose also.
Well, I finally found some this weekend & I now have 2 in my QT. My plan was to not feed these guys & simply let them live off the algae. However, I am having second thoughts. I had a bunch of rocks from the main tank with lots of yummy algae in the QT. Although I've seen the hillies grazing on the rocks from time to time, there is not a lot of difference in the amount of algae ... so I am wondering if they are getting enough to eat! <BTW, they both look healthy & active.>
So what do you thinK? Feed them something else (& risk spoiling them so they won't want to touch the algae) or let it be?
TIA