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Originally Posted by hoppycalif The primary grazers on my GDA were the common pond snails, which grew about 5 times as big as I have seen before. But, the oto also had a feast. Having only one, he didn't make nearly the big dent in the supply that the snails made. The guppies also spent a lot of time picking off pieces of it. Apparently GDA is a nutritious vegetable treat. The GDA(?) which showed up as green fuzz on the plants disappeared with the GDA on the glass, but I don't know if it was eaten or what. |
Yes, I noticed when I had snails I hardly ever saw any significant GDA accumulation on the glass. But, back then I perceived the snail infestation as a "problem", so I bought 3 yo-yo loaches to handle this problem. So now, no more snails but now algae. D'oh!
I wonder if I could get bigger snails that will eat the GDA but won't get eaten by the loaches.
Anyhow, I went ahead and bought some otocinculus. I think I lucked out too because I got so-called "Giant Otocinculus". Apparently, this species is somewhat on the rare side. We'll see how well these guys will handle the GDA.