Florida Flagfish and shrimp - Fish for the Planted Aquarium

Tyrone Genade · 10-02-2009, 06:13 AM

Hello,

Was wondering if anyone had kept Florida Flagfish (Jordanella floridae) together with shrimp and if these coexisted peacefully or ended up in a shrimp buffet?

Can anyone suggest another peaceful hair-algae eater? How effective are Endlers at eating hair algae?

Thanks

demen45 · 10-09-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Genade

Hello,

Was wondering if anyone had kept Florida Flagfish (Jordanella floridae) together with shrimp and if these coexisted peacefully or ended up in a shrimp buffet?

Can anyone suggest another peaceful hair-algae eater? How effective are Endlers at eating hair algae?

Thanks

Flagfish are pretty aggressive. Those shrimps will be dinner for them. Try SAEs as your cleaning crew. I have 2 of them and they work diligently in my tank.

Tex Gal · 10-10-2009, 03:23 PM

If you have a small tank SAE's will be too big. They also have the nasty habit of switching over to fish food as they grow and leaving the algae alone.

Invertzfactory.com has a goby that is AWESOME at eating BBA. They are still pretty big. They really can do the job.

edwardn · 10-10-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex Gal

If you have a small tank SAE's will be too big. They also have the nasty habit of switching over to fish food as they grow and leaving the algae alone.

Invertzfactory.com has a goby that is AWESOME at eating BBA. They are still pretty big. They really can do the job.

Hi,Drinda. Which goby do you have on your beautiful mind?