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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / December 2005How do I stop an algae eater from attacking?
I've got 7 fantail goldfish in a 55 gal tank along with 3 Albino(Golden) Algae Eaters. One of the A.E.'s will attack the goldies if they get too close. I noticed about three of my guys with missing scales one guy has about a 1/8" patch missing! 1: How much harm can this cause my guys? They seem to be un-bothered. 2: Is there anything that can be done to stop the A.E.? Another question is, These guys were originally feeders that I was using for cycling. I didn't plan on getting to attached to them. However 3 of them are now named and accepted in the family.I wanted to actually get some tropicals later. I'm definately keeping my three guys. I want to give the other 4 to the LFS. Is it that bad to mix tropicals and goldfish. I keep my tank @ a constant 75-76F. Thanks > I've got 7 fantail goldfish in a 55 gal tank along with 3 Albino(Golden) > Algae Eaters. One of the A.E.'s will attack the goldies if they get too > close. I noticed about three of my guys with missing scales one guy has > about a 1/8" patch missing! > 1: How much harm can this cause my guys? They seem to be un-bothered. $$ Remove them immediately!!! They will eventually kill your goldfish by rasping them and allowing bacterial or fungal infections to set in. > 2: Is there anything that can be done to stop the A.E.? $$ The only way to stop them is to REMOVE THEM from the tank. > Another question is, These guys were originally feeders that I was using > for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the LFS. Is it that bad to mix tropicals and goldfish. I keep my tank @ a > constant 75-76F. $$ Goldfish should be kept alone in a coolwater tank of their own. They're not tropical fish by any means.  SignatureKoi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o> it is bad. they remove the protective slime coat and that lets in the bacteria and it can kill your goldies. get the ae out of the tank. gf should never be used for cycling. dont mix trops and GF. Ingrid >I've got 7 fantail goldfish in a 55 gal tank along with 3 Albino(Golden) >Algae Eaters. One of the A.E.'s will attack the goldies if they get too [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/web/wa.cgi?REPORT&z=3 www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the recommendations I make. AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is an Algae-eater?? We have sucking cat fish as hey are called in the local pet store and they eat algae, is this the same thing?? Melissa > it is bad. they remove the protective slime coat and that lets in the > bacteria and [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > any of the recommendations I make. > AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE I've never had one but I classify anything with a sucker mouth that eats algae and an algae eater and not to be kept with GF cause they get a taste for slime (or get hungry?) and go after the GF ...usually at night. Ingrid >Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is an Algae-eater?? We have sucking >cat fish as hey are called in the local pet store and they eat algae, is >this the same thing?? > >Melissa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/web/wa.cgi?REPORT&z=3 www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the recommendations I make. AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE >Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is an Algae-eater?? We have sucking >cat fish as hey are called in the local pet store and they eat algae, is >this the same thing?? > >Melissa I think they're talking about a Chinese or Siamese Algae Eater or Thai Flying Fox or something similar. http://www.azgardens.com/algae_eating_fish.php >Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is an Algae-eater?? We have sucking >cat fish as hey are called in the local pet store and they eat algae, is >this the same thing?? > >Melissa http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/ thanks >>Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is an Algae-eater?? We have sucking >>cat fish as hey are called in the local pet store and they eat algae, is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/ |
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