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by **Jon** on Sat Jan 19, 2002 3:24 pm

Whats good for eating brown algae??

by **Adam** on Sat Jan 19, 2002 6:52 pm

what kind of algea are you talking about? does it form a film on the glass and decorations or is it a stringy, hairy type. Probably your best bet in either case is a pleco... or if your fish will tolerate them snails are good for algea as well. Otherwise water changes to lower nutrient levels in the tank, and scrubbing is the only other way. There are chemical additives that claim to work but I dont like adding chems to the tank personally.

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by **cichlidfishadmin** on Tue Jan 22, 2002 11:53 am

I recommend some kosher hotdogs, they go really well with brown algae. Don't overdo the salt...

Originally posted by Jon:
Whats good for eating brown algae??

by **oscar2001** on Tue Jan 22, 2002 7:02 pm

Yuk Joe!!!!
I prefer hot chili and "American" mustard on my hot dogs, no salt

Yeah snails are good, I got a couple that keep the inside glass clean as a whistle.
As Adam says depends on whether your fish will tollerate them

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by **Jon** on Tue Jan 22, 2002 7:50 pm

Will Oscars tolerate snails?? maybe ill give those a try for now.

by **Adam** on Tue Jan 22, 2002 8:35 pm

It depends on the size of the snail vs the size of the oscar and on your fishes personality... some O's hate snail (or love as the case my be) and will gladly eat them, other ignore them completely your best bet would be to introduce very large snails to the tank while the oscars were still very small so they could not be a meal, then they would be used to them as adults and would be less likely to eat them.

They are relatively cheap so you could always try 2 or 3 and see how it goes if they survive then go get some more

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by **cichlidfishadmin** on Tue Jan 22, 2002 9:27 pm

hehe, yea the way that question was asked I just couldn't resist

, hey at least you didn't get all sophisticated with "GREY POUPON Dijon"

Originally posted by oscar2001:
Yuk Joe!!!!
I prefer hot chili and "American" mustard on my hot dogs, no salt

Yeah snails are good, I got a couple that keep the inside glass clean as a whistle.
As Adam says depends on whether your fish will tollerate them

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by **oscar2001** on Wed Jan 23, 2002 12:39 am

Never heard of it b4 lol

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by **cichlidfishadmin** on Wed Jan 23, 2002 12:45 pm

well, I think that's because the royal crown forbids exporting such exquisites to criminal colonies....

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by **oscar2001** on Wed Jan 23, 2002 12:57 pm

Nooo, now you don't mean us Aussie's come from a long line of cut-throat criminals do you?! Ohhh, man, you cut me....
You cut me reeaaal deep....

I'll just have to CUT YOU BACK!!!!!

ahhh....feel better now...

Anybody else wanna a piece of me!?

by **oscar2001** on Thu Jan 24, 2002 7:29 am

We having fun playing with my account Joe?

Yes folks thats me after a person tried to tell me I was wrong about fish care.

LOL

Hey Joe, when we gonna see a pic of you mate

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by **cichlidfishadmin** on Thu Jan 24, 2002 11:43 am

LOL, sorry Tony, couldn't help myself

I guess I must of been really bored

yea I think I'll give myself an avatar one of these days.....

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by **noangel** on Thu Jan 24, 2002 3:20 pm

yikes. and to think i just used to be scared of ryans oscar, thomas!

by **oscar2001** on Thu Jan 24, 2002 4:29 pm

LOL
Thats a pic that Adam doctored a while ago mel
I dont really look like that.
More like Mel Gibson

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by **cichlidfishadmin** on Fri Jan 25, 2002 1:13 am

Hey Melanie, actually Adam had to tone down that image a little, because you know the "original" untouched image was just so grossly horrifying Adam still has nightmares about it!

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