Lucas Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I'm only new to tropical fish, but if anyone hasn't got one of these fish and has beard algae, you need one!! I just finished cycling my tank and battled beard algae and every other form of green scum and scourge for a month. Then I popped in one tiny Siamese Algae Eater and BAM the algae is gone! He gutsed down the beard algae on the first day I put him in, then turned his attention to the rest on the plants and wood. When I heard they eat the beard algae, I thought it might be the last thing they eat, since they are one of few that like it. I shall call him 'BAM' (pronounced loudly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Im about to get some tonite , got quite a bad algae problem so hopefully they do the job for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 ... BAM the algae is gone! ... I shall call him 'BAM' (pronounced loudly) I have to add as an aside that none of those Bam products work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 haha.. yes I've heard mixed reports about the cleaning product, but the jury's in regarding SAE usefulness IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Just be aware that they eat less algae as they become bigger, so it won't solve the problem permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I thought with the combitnation of flourish excell and a couple of goldens should fix my problem fingers crossed. They takes agers to get big well my one I lost a while back did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedingFrenzy Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just be aware that they eat less algae as they become bigger, so it won't solve the problem permanently. There's heaps of algae on a few of my rocks and my two are big(ish?) and they totally avoid it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 thats interesting, i had 4 up until a couple of weeks ago but sold them. They were fairly large around 12cm or so and they still ate all the algae, also must have been eating the baby snail population as ive suddenly discovered a lot of baby snails since they were sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Yeah they often do get lazy when they get to a large size and they also get lazy if you feed them oh tooooo well :lol: Love the name BAM btw :lol: Just a note on the BAM cleaning products, we have found them excellents here for bathroom use.. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I would also suggest trying otocinclus and amaerican-Flag fish which are also excellent algae eaters. But for beard algae, it has to be the Self Addressed Envelope every time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 for beard algae, it has to be the Self Addressed Envelope every time! nice one 8) I've heard the Chinese Algae Eater gets lazy, but thought the SAE might be an exception. Oh well. If he gets four times the size and eats quarter as much, that should still keep the algae problem fairly much under control! Also just got a couple of Pearl Gouramis, a Dwarf Gourami and a Khuli Loach. One big happy family... until breeding time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneh Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Black mollies do a great job on hair algae, always have some in my tanks for this, never had any SAE's, never needed them... Cheers Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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