the cichlid kid Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I pulled this from a old post about keeping tang goby cichlids and was wondering if it could be employed with b/nose and if it would be beneficial to them? "I read somewhere that you should get nice flat river stones or slate and place outside in water to grow a layer of algae over it and switch the slate daily into the tank, placing the slate/river stone that has been in the aquarium back into the bucket outside to grow more alfae on. So the gobies can graze on the algae constantly." Beau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I don't know about going to that trouble for adult B/N,,,,the blighters can mow down acres of algae in a few hours. But for fry, B/N and particularly whips, I use 2 x 4 inch wide strips of glass glued to form a "T". These are kept in shallow tubs of nutrient rich water in good light and only take 3 or 4 days to get a good coating of new algae. This gives the new fry a real kick along till they get onto other prepared foods. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the cichlid kid Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Cheers alan. Beau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canerod Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I've got a small 40 ltr tank in the backyard and use it to grow algae on 200mm lengths of 90mm storm water pipe which i put in with my fish every few days. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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