cherry barbs

[Fishfiles1]

so i have been battling this algae that looks like moss but is fine and very green and pretty but not on my plants. then i bought some cherry barbs, i did notice that the algae was going down and not growing as fast, and i didn't think anything but that i was winning the battle. One day i was looking at my cherry barbs and i noticed that all of there poo was green, so i started to watch them and sure enuff they would graz all day on the algee. so cerry babrs=algae control

 

[Ozymandias]

yup thay will eat some forms of algae not all types but a bit of it.

 

[mellowvision]

the less you feed them, the more algae they'll eat. especially the females in my experience.

I've been watching them eat staghorn this week.

 

[irishspy]

I've been watching them eat staghorn this week.

Really? That's fascinating. I never thought barbs were algae-grazers, or that anything ate staghorn.

 

[Fishfiles1]

yea mine go at it all day

 

[Ozymandias]

i think more alot of fish actually eat algae just thay never really have a need to (i mean it's easy food that doesn't really move much)

 

[spunjin]

I have some algae on my plant leaves and there are little bare spots on them from my cherries nibbling at the algae. Mine are spawning so soon I will have lots of them.

 

[Dangerdoll]

wish the liked bba..... if they do, they don't in my tank

 

[Fishfiles1]

i dont see the eat bba but then again i dont have it, my friend does and his dont

 

[Canuck]

Rosy barbs will pick away at BBA. Probably not enough to eliminate it, but every little bit helps. Unluckily they will also eat some plants I have a rough time with slower growers.