Platys and Algae

[tkos]

So I just bought 3 platys. After a nice long acclimation period I placed them in the tank. I normally wait until the next day to feed my new fish but I have seen them munching some algae off of my plants. Do platys normally eat algae or are they just super hungry?

Any other platy info would be appriciated as well.

 

[azn dreamer]

That's weird...i think its just that the platys are hungry...

Here is a good site http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile4.html for platy info

 

[TankGirl]

I read an article somewhere (the Krib, I think) where someone did an experiment with platys or mollies versus the Florida Flag Fish, which is known to be an algae eater. The results were in favor of the platys/mollies (can't remember which, but they both eat algae) which dealt beautifully with the pesky algae. Now, about all of those fry... 8O