Brown Water. New driftwood leaches tannin and humic acids into your water. Soaking driftwood in bleach water will lessen those brown colors. Water changes remove them mechanically. Carbon adsorbs them. Change it often.
Note From Me :
air berwarna coklat disebabkan oleh tanin atau humus (tanah) dalam air. cara paling sederhana untuk menghilangkannya adalah dengan pengendapan
Green Water. Single-celled algae growing in your water causes it to turn green. While algae is actually good for your fishes, very few aquarists want green water. Light and fertilizer encourage algae. Decrease both and you will probably not see green water. Water changes and small amounts of salt encourage algae. Fast-growing plants such as anacharis compete with algae for food and will starve it. In the past, algaecides killed algae (and other aquatic plants). Algae Fix appears to do the job these days.
from :http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Misc%20How%20to%20Cure%20Cloudy.htm
pas gw lagi nyari gambar arang aktif buat artikel gue gw menemukan artikel yang cukup bagus. That’s it :
Sering kali kita tidak memperhatikan apakah makanan yang kita konsumsi setiap hari sudah cukup aman dari kuman dan jamur sehingga gejala keracunan seperti pusing, mual, diare, dan kram perut tidak dapat dihindari. Ada beberapa obat yang dapat digunakan untuk mengatasi dan mengurangi keluhan yang diderita akibat keracunan, salah satunya adalah arang aktif atau norit. Norit terbuat dari arang yang telah diaktifkan, tetapi bukan arang yang biasa digunakan untuk membakar sate. Pembuatan norit melalui suatu proses dengan bahan baku berupa kayu, batu bara, kulit kacang, atau serbuk gergaji yang diolah dengan cara kimia, yaitu dengan mencampurnya dengan asam, atau dengan cara mengukusnya menggunakan uap atau gas pada temperatur tinggi.
Jika arang aktif diperiksa dibawah Scanning Electron Microscopy, akan terlihat pori-pori dalam jumlah yang sangat besar. Dengan gaya Van der Walls yang dimilikinya, pori-pori tersebut mampu menangkap berbagai macam bahan, termasuk bahan beracun. Oleh karena itu arang aktif dapat digunakan pada kasus overdosis obat, keracunan makanan, atau tertelan bahan beracun lainnya. Kemampuan arang aktif dalam menangkap racun hanya terjadi di lambung dan usus, ketika zat beracun belum terserap dan masuk ke dalam peredaran darah. Sehingga, semakin cepat diberikan, semakin banyak racun yang dapat diserap. Namun, tidak semua bahan dapat diserap oleh arang aktif. Beberapa di antaranya yang tidak dapat diserap adalah litium, asam atau basa kuat, logam dan bahan inorganik (misalnya, natrium, besi, timah, arsen, yodium, fluorin, dan asam borat), alkohol (misalnya etanol, metanol, isoprofil alkohol, glikol, dan aseton), dan hidrokarbon (seperti minyak tanah, bensin, oli, dan hidrokarbon tumbuhan seperti minyak pinus).
Norit relatif aman dan tidak mengiritasi dinding salurang pencernaan. Tapi sebaiknya digunakan atas nasehat dokter Anda. Efek samping tersering adalah konstipasi (buang air besar tidak lancar). Hal lain yang perlu diperhatikan adalah kemampuannya yang dapat juga mengadsorbsi zat gizi dan vitamin yang diperlukan tubuh sehingga arang aktif tidak boleh terlalu sering digunakan. (NANDA)
dikutip dari :http://piogama.ugm.ac.id/index.php/2009/02/arang-aktif-si-penjerap-racun/
Oksigen terlarut adalah jumlah oksigen dalam miligram yang terdapat dalam satu liter air (ppt). Oksigen terlarut umumnya berasal dari difusi udara melalui permukaan air, aliran air masuk, air hujan, dan hasil dari proses fotosintesis plankton atau tumbuhan air. Oksigen terlarut merupakan parameter penting karena dapat digunakan untuk mengetahui gerakan masssa air serta merupakan indikator yang peka bagi proses-proses kimia dan biologi (Grasshoff, 1975 dalam Rohilan, 1992).
Kadar oksigen yang terlarut bervariasi tergantung pada suhu, salinitas, turbulensi air, dan tekanan atmosfer (Jeffries dan Millis, 1996 dalam Effendi, 2003). Kadar oksigen terlarut juga berfluktuasi secara harian (diurnal) dan musiman, tergantung pada pencampuran (mixing) dan pergerakan (turbulence) massa air, aktivitas fotosintesis, respirasi, dam limbah (effluent) yang masuk ke badan air. Selain itu, kelarutan oksigen dan gas-gas lain berkurang dengan meningkatnya salinitas sehingga kadar oksigen di laut cenderung lebih rendah daripada kadar oksigen di perairan tawar. Peningkatan suhu sebesar 1oC akan meningkatkan konsumsi oksigen sekitar 10% (Brown, 1987 dalam Effendi, 2003).
Menurut Boyd (1990), jumlah oksigen yang dibutuhkan oleh organisme akuatik tergantung spesies, ukuran, jumlah pakan yang dimakan, aktivitas, suhu, dan lain-lain. Konsentrasi oksigen yang rendah dapat menimbulkan anorexia, stress, dan kematian pada ikan. Menurut Swingle dalam Boyd (1982), bila dalam suatu kolam kandungan oksigen terlarut sama dengan atau lebih besar dari 5 mg/l, maka proses reproduksi dan pertumbuhan ikan akan berjalan dengan baik. Pada perairan yang mengandung deterjen, suplai oksigen dari udara akan sangat lambat sehingga oksigen dalam air sangat sedikit (Ganeson, 1955 dalam Hyness, 1974).
Arang Aktif
Arang atif atau karbon aktif merupakan bahan yang memiliki spektrum absorbsi luas. Karbon aktif mampu meniadakan warna (discoloration), fosfat, clorin, kloramin, logam berat, dan berbagai bahan beracun. Karbon aktif tidak bisa menyerap amoniak, nitrit atau nitrat. Daya aktif dari karbon aktif hanya beberapa jam atau beberapa hari sehingga perlu diganti. Karbon aktif tidak bisa digunakan dalam waktu lama untuk media filter karena tingkat keefektifannya akan menurun drastis. Arang aktif kurang cocok digunakan untuk air tawar karena akan menyerap semua mineral dari air yang dapat menyebabkan defisien pada ikan.
Darti Satyani Lesmana – Kualitas Air untuk ikan hias air tawar
Guys,
How are you all?
Gw baru pulang dari pengelanaan 2 bulan ke pontianak, kalimantan barat buat berguru dan menimba ilmu tentang dunia budidaya arowana super red (Scleropages formosus).
Hemm, tapi maaf ga banyak yang bisa gw publish di blog ini karena banyak secret yang harus di keep.
Mungkin buat yang tertarik kita ngobrol lewat email aja kali ya? Biar enak gitu loh!!!
(harusnya nich post dah di kirim tahun lalu tapi kelupaan so ga’ apa apa dech)
He3x setelah ditunggu tunggu Sekian lama dengan penuh keyakinan Bakal Lolos dan dibiayai Akhirnya PKM yang aku ajuin Lolos juga…
Oh Bahagianya diriku…
Buat Temen Temen IPB yang Lolos dan Kebetulan Mampir Ke Blog Saya,
Silahkan tingkalkan komentar Ya…
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Java Moss Factoids
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Origin
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Southeast Asia including Java
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Substrate
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None needed – anchors to wood or rocks
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Fertilizers
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Usually not needed but are beneficial
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Lighting
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Low light okay, medium better
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Threats
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Apple snails, copper, large cichlids
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Water
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Not picky, even brackish
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Java moss just starting out in a (salty) molly tank. Bits of blue from former home.
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Java moss latches onto bits of gravel or whatever else it touches.
Introduction: You need no gravel or substrate to grow Java moss. However, it will attach to bits of gravel which keep it from drifting throughout your tank Java moss attaches even better to rocks and driftwood (and plastic tubing and sponge filters). It looks like the above in the beginning.
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If your Java moss touches your sponge filter, it will colonize it.
Origins: Originally from Java and other Southeast Asian countries. Java moss now comes from aquatic plant farms or from friends’ aquaria — or, of course, from Aqualand. Oddly enough, the moss we ship in comes in brown and looks dead. We raise our own. It grows better in some tanks than others.
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Close up view of Java moss.
Suggestions: If you want faster growth, fluff up your moss to let more light get to it. If you want to colonize a rock or piece of wood, lash your moss to your decor item with fishing line or rubber bands. You can also staple it to your wood. Not practical on rocks. Java moss looks best as an inch-thick growth on your wood. Personal opinion.
Fertilizers: When you fertilize Java moss, you get faster growth and greener growth. Your fish provide plenty of fertilizer most of the time.
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Since it floats, Java moss often attaches to your filter stem outlets.
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Once it gloms on to your filter stem, Java moss can impede your water flow.
Water Flow: Java moss loves moving water. Put some in your outdoor pond waterfall spillway. It grows unbelievably well in spillways — becoming almost a terrestrial plant. Check the flow of water in your aquarium. Its love of fast moving water can plug your filter. When the strands get sucked into a power filter, they tend to wrap around your impellor and impede or even stop it.
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Java moss attaches to your filter stems and will grow out of the water.
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In the other corner the Java moss grew even thicker.
Dirty Moss: In tanks with inadequate filtration, digested food and other detritus can accumulate in your Java moss. Solution? Clean your tank, you lazy turkey. Seriously tho, you can vacuum it with a slow gravel cleaner or take it out and rinse it lightly in the sink.
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Here’s Java moss used as an anole waterer. Experiment with your Java moss.
Terrarium/Paludarium/Frog Tank: Any terrarium with a drip system or waterfall could probably carpet a wall or floor with Java moss. Since it grows emersed. This stuff makes a perfect anole waterer on an anole tank wall. Java moss works as well as misting and definitely looks better. Staple it to strips of plastic window screen. Make sure it reaches a continuous water source.
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Java moss grows into a useful thick mat.
Lighting: Medium level lighting encourages Java moss to grow fast — possibly so fast you need to thin it out. After all, you want your fish to swim around your tank — not stay in one place.
Killifish Tanks. Many killie keepers use Java moss as an egg-laying site. Java moss pulls fish wastes out of their water. It also grows in the low light small aquaria many killie keepers maintain. You still need to make water changes, however. To make a killifish spawning mop out of Java moss:
Lasso a good clump of Java moss.
Attach a cork to the clump.
Toss in your breeding tank.
Remove in ten days to hatching tank.
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Java moss makes a natural background when it grows this thick.
Tetras/Barbs/Danios: Java moss makes a perfect egg-laying site for these minnows. Ditto goldfish, a much larger minnow.
All the Livebearers: Newly born livebearers elude their hungry parents by hiding in the Java moss. Lots of tiny edible critters also live in the moss. Much better baby saver than hornwort. Also way better for the mommas than those miniscule breeding traps.
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Java moss grows fast and green in brackish water that would kill many plants.
Water: Java moss grows just fine in Des Moines water. Don’t get excited about pH values. pH 9.5 to 10.5 fresh out of the faucet dropping to pH 7.5 in 48 hours. Our water contains extra lime. 220 ppm. Ignore it. You can even add salt or use softened water (which adds salt). Your Java moss will grow anyway.
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In darker tanks, Java moss grows a darker green (almost brown) — kinda ugly.
Brackish Water: Some fishes (mollies, archers, bumblebee gobies, puffers, morays, etc.) require extra salt. Java moss grows just fine in brackish water.
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Start new “colonies” by putting a starter clump on your driftwood.
Reproduction: Many plants reproduce by root division. Java moss reproduces by dividing up your current moss colony and spreading it from tank to tank.
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You might want to trim it back when it covers your wood this heavily. Divide it.
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This will make several good starter clumps. Fluff them up.
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Java moss on driftwood in a 55. No other plants need apply.
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Here it’s colonized a Tetra power filter.
Willow Moss: Oft times you see this name used synonymously with Java moss. The two are actually different but are both so often used interchangeably, that you may never know which is which. Does it matter? Several species of both exist to further confuse the issue. Willow moss grows in cooler water. Java moss grows in warmer water.
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Java moss growing atop a piece of floating driftwood. Plecos scoured the submerged stuff.
Last Word: Java moss thrives under less than perfect conditions. It grows best in medium light. And, once you add it to a tank, it is not always easy to get rid of. Under different conditions, Java moss grows differently. LA.
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Clown Loach Factoids |
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Origin
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Indonesia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Maximum Size
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12” but 6” more typical
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Longevity
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10+ years
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Housing
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Bigger the better
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Security
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Likes caves, crevices, crannies
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Temperature
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Prefers 75o to 85o
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Attitude
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Easy-going schooling fishes
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Plus or Minus?
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Devours snails avidly
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Foods
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Loves live foods. Eats flakes in schools.
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Every tank deserves a clown loach. Nice rich colors and a great personality.
Origins: Clown loaches come from the warm waters of Indonesia. Indonesia hosts many fish farms, however, many clown loaches are captured from the wild.
Nocturnal (sort of): Most loaches are children of the night. They like to prowl when the sun goes down. Clown loaches are happy to work the day shift. When you feed them, they eat. They prefer dimmer tanks. Float some watersprite on the surface and your loaches will thank you.
Water Conditions: Although they come from soft acid water originally, clown loaches adapt to most water conditions. Just keep their water clean.
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Even the 1.5-inch clown loaches catch your eye. Watch ‘em dig for goodies.
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Mature clown loaches look so much better.
Appeal: You can’t beat clown loach colors. Younguns start out yellow with black bars trimmed with orange fins and tail. As they grow, their bodies turn oranger and their black bars darken. Their fins and tail turn a bright orange.
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Clown loaches dig right in looking for goodies.
Snail Clean up Crew: Clown loaches shuck snails nearly as fast as you toss them in their tank. They totally eliminate ALL snails. Apply waterproof lipstick and kiss your mystery snail collection goodbye.
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Two three-inch newbee clown loaches — in their tank about two hours. They’ll color up later.
Size: In aquariums, you rarely see clown loaches larger than six inches. Larger clowns color up much better than young ones. They grow 50 to 100% larger in the wild where they get more room (and food).
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Clown loaches looking for food or just cavorting for fun?
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Clown loaches like each other. Their interactions in groups add to their appeal.
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Of course, you don’t need to run this many head of clown loaches to make them happy.
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Maybe this many. They like to hang with each other.
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Thirty or so ought to do it. Seriously, groups of three work fine.
Schoolers: Clown loaches love to school together. Don’t stop with just one. Singles tend to pout. The more the merrier. They get along great with their own species – unlike many botias, which hate each other and any other fish that looks like them.
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Clown loach eyeball knives can convince the largest cichlids to mess less with loaches.
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The larger the loach, the larger the knives.
Mixers: They get along well with most larger fishes. Those little pop-up knives by their eyes keep other fishes from pestering them more than once. These switch-blade knives also protect their eyes as they plow thru their substrate in search of snacks.
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Clown loaches pretty much ignore other species. Skinny guys here.
Tank Mates: Gouramis, goldfish, and larger barbs make good tank mates. You can also mix your clown loaches with equal-sized non-violent American cichlids. If you mix them with territorial cichlids, expect lots of fights. Clown loaches tend to win those fights. The switchblade knives help.
Breeding: Clown loaches do not breed in captivity.
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Look for plump bellies and bright colors when picking your clown loaches.
Foods: Clown loaches usually start out about half starved. Plump their little bellies up with frozen brine shrimp or blood worms. Give them some live black worms, too. Clown loaches eagerly eat flake foods after a week or so. They seem to adapt quicker when kept in groups. They eat better when they cavort and compete with each other.
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Swords and other fast swimmers can eat all your clown loach food, if you feed short rations.
Gravel Choice: Good foods seem to affect the colors of clown loaches more than the substrate color. White or light colored substrates can make their tank lots brighter than they prefer.
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Clown loach on left has a tank full of watersprite to sort thru and snack on.
Plants: Add some grassy plants such as vallisneria or sagittarius to make your clown loaches feel more at home. Even anacharis or plastic plants help. They like to snack on live plants.
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Put an extra month or two on your clown loaches and they look better. They still like caves.
Hiding Places: Give them some caves to hide in. They prefer to stay out of bright light during the day. They need a hideout the most when they’re small
Disease: Clown loaches catch ich at the drop of a hat. Plan on it, whether you own a hat or not. Give them a half-strength dose of ich cure when you take yours home. Any kind of stress puts out the welcome mat for the neighborhood ich germs. When using any medications, use them carefully. The clown loaches’ sensitive skin makes them susceptible to most dye treatments.
Filtration: Clown loaches demand clean water. Do not overfeed. And you cannot use snails to clean up uneaten food.
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Add two or three clown loaches to your aquarium soon.
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At three inches clown loaches develop their best colors.
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Don’t panic if your clown loach lays atop your aquaria for the fun of it. They can be goofy.
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Here’s a three-inch clown loach with not much color.
Color Bumpers: Well fed clown develop very rich colors. We’ve had the guy above about four days. He (and another new arrival) is in with a clutch of a dozen or so slightly smaller clown loaches, so he’s not pale from loneliness. He’s not skinny or in poor water. He just needs some carotenoids in his diet to bring out his reds, oranges, and yellows. Solution? Feed him some brine shrimp, plankton, baby shrimp, and/or frozen bloodworms. He’ll color up over time.
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Two-inchers look like this.
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Four-inch clown loaches should look like this.
Last Word: Clown loaches look good at any age. They improve as they mature. You may run across a larger (and uglier) royal clown loach. Not really a close relative but they do cost a royal bundle. LA.
Get From
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Clown%20Loaches.htm
nb : Kemaren beli nich ikan 10 ekor, satunya 7500 (Mahal)
tapi sumpah nich ikan lucu banget, Rekomended dah buat kalian yang mau bkn akuascape
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Chinese Algae Eater Factoids
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Origin
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Fast streams in India and Thailand
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Maximum Size
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6+ inches
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Room temperature fine
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Water
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Very flexible
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Attitude
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Likes to taste tank mates
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Potential Threat
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Gets very aggressive as it grows larger
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Security
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Likes to hide sometimes
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Foods
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Flakes, algae, aquarium slime, fish slime
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Not likely but not impossible
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Chinese algae eaters are not real beauties, but the gold ones do look better.
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Small Chinese algae eaters going into a tetra tank. Mediums going into a cichlid tank.
Origins: Chinese algae eaters come from India and Thailand. Wait a minute. You mean they don’t come from China? Next thing you’ll be saying is they don’t eat algae. Well, they do like fish food and fish slime better than algae.
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When they get a good grip, you can hardly pour them out of a catching cup.
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Some are pretty. Note that “hole” at the top of his gill cover.
Hickey Fish: If you want a fish that gives your other fish hickies on their first date, then you want a (so-called) Chinese (so-called) algae eater. Little guys suck hickies. The big guys suck holes.
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You can find marble Chinese algae eaters also.
Appeal: Chinese algae eaters are cheap and actually eat algae at first. The little suckers look cute and everyone wants one for their “little tanks.” Once they discover fish food, they forget about algae. In a tank with no vulnerable or belligerent bunkees, they devour algae voraciously and grow fast.
Aqualand History: We went a couple decades without having the little beasties in our tanks. Then we noticed people buy them everywhere else because they want them. Who are we to stand in the way of what our customers want. So we sell them now – at least the gold ones (and the marble ones).
Fast Growers: As they grow, Chinese algae eaters try to run off all their competition. They hate each other and anything else that even resembles their own kind – such as sharks and loaches.
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Look out for those hickey-making lips.
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This two-inch Chinese algae eater thrives in a tank with dozens of American cichlids.
Worst Tank Mates: Slow-moving fish and flat-sided fish are loved by Chinese algae eaters. You’ll see them “kissing” goldfish, gouramis, and angels constantly.
Good Tank Mates: Chinese algae eaters have a hard time catching small, fast-moving fishes. Danios, barbs, and tetras survive fairly well with them.
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Here’s a couple of large Chinese algae eaters getting along with African cichlids.
Better Tank Mates: When Chinese algae eaters get large, throw them in with your cichlids – preferably African cichlids. They can take turns “kissing” each other. We take in large ones at Aqualand all the time. In cichlid tanks, they like to hide in the rock work. They come out when they feel like playing tag.
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Nice looking fish.
Best Tank Mates: Chinese algae eaters rarely bother turtles and crayfish.
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This guy’s about four inches.
Size: Supposedly Chinese algae eaters grow huge. We’ve never seen any exceed six inches, but we’ve seen dozens over five inches.
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Most Chinese algae eaters retail at 1.5 inches.
Colors: Gold Chinese algae eaters look pretty neat. They’re still nasty. The marble ones look neat and act nasty.
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Those holes in their gill covers enable them to breathe in fast water.
Jumpers: Any fish that comes from fast-flowing streams can leap out of your tank. Covers yours securely.
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Nice rasping lips for eating algae and pestering angelfish.
Sucker Mouth: In addition to passing out free hickies, their sucker mouths enable them to hold onto rocks in swift water. It also enables them to buzz thru your algae crop fairly quickly. Think of Chinese algae eaters as “tank temps.” Remove them after they remove your algae.
Foods: After your Chinese algae eaters devour your algae, start feeding them well if you intend to keep them. As you might suspect, any fish that eats slime off the walls is not a picky eater. And they are fast enough to pester any fish that passes by. Keep yours well fed.
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Males grow funny growths on their faces starting at about four inches.
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Different male Chinese algae eater.
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Bigger males get kind of ugly in the face.
Sexing: Males develop breeding “horns” on their heads. Females get heftier. They need plenty of room if you want them to get along. Add some caves, crevices, and crannies to increase their compatibility.
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At around three inches, the gold ones are actually pretty as well as mean.
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Give them something to munch on besides their tank mates.
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Vacation blocks make an excellent food for any of the algae eaters.
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Keep your Chinese algae eaters fed or they will eat fish.
Last Words: Since we’re seeing different color versions these days, someone out there is spawning them. Chances are, you’re going to need a powerhead or other high-flow water moving device to succeed. And it couldn’t hurt to cool them briefly first. LA.
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http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Chinese%20Algae%20Eater.htm
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