The Dreaded Black Algae

Well, I wish I could take credit for the Florida Flag Fish idea, but I actually got it from cpr4cpu. Anyway, I have two males and they have done wonderfully in a community tank. I also have 4 buenos aires tetras, 3 scissortail rasboras, and 5 ottos in the tank. Never had any territorial or aggression problems between any of the tankmates and the FFF. In fact they play quite often with the others.

By the way, Sumpin'fishy - my FFF have mowed the hair algae to nothing. Now I feed them flake food, freeze-dried bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, and they nibble on the algae tablets I put in for the ottos. I wouldn't worry about what to feed them - it seems that they'll eat just about anything and love every second of it!
 
Hey guys...

I just searched for a picture of these Florida Flag Fish and found one at the link below.

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Cyprinodontidae/Jordanella_floridae.htm

But I read the text too and it says

"These fish are not suitable for the community tank, since they are quite aggressive, and will nibble on the fins of other fish".

Doesn't sound like they will get on with my neons or harlequins! Strange, as other posts in this thread suggest otherwise. Wonder who to believe?

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Fazzafaris - I can see why you would be confused, however IME these fish are not aggresive (except when defending eggs). Take a look at this article.
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Huntley_The American Flag Fish.html
Hopefully I did that link correctly. It's much more informative about all aspects of this fish, and specifically (in the 'Behavior' section) it states "While seldom molesting others, more aggressive species can cause the floridae to become timid and to hide".

That has definately been my experience. Hope it helps!
 
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