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Posted 9/28/2009 12:12:44 PM


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how do i  remove this algae off of my divider?



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Posted 9/28/2009 12:39:55 PM
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Get a pleco!!!
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Posted 9/28/2009 12:42:10 PM


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Get a toothbrush and start scrubbing.

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Posted 9/28/2009 1:10:54 PM
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psh.... pleco's are more fun >.>
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Posted 9/28/2009 1:45:27 PM


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Except when they die from the firebelly toad's toxins.




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Posted 9/28/2009 2:47:37 PM


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I'm not sure what a pleco is...an algae eater?

toothbrush...can i use it after i get the algae off? lol ew

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Posted 9/28/2009 6:31:42 PM


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Plecos are a type of fish that eat algae.  They would not do well at all in that set up.  Most types of plecostamous you will see will grow to over a foot long at alarming rates.  Do not get a pleco.

Yep, scrub it with a toothbrush until all the algae comes off.  That is the only way to get rid of it.  In the future, provide less light to that area and give it a weekly scrub with the toothbrush to avoid another outbreak of algae like this one.

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Posted 9/28/2009 6:32:13 PM


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Yea, plecos are those alagea eating weird fish.

Do you have a filter? That can help, also another way of preventing alagea from growing is cleaning the cage often with, like Maximum said, a tooth brush or any type of brush. You have to use some elbow grease though...

Geez Grant, you posted when I was posting....

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Posted 9/29/2009 5:04:12 AM


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I clean the tank every week, i do have a filter. I clean the tank every Saturday, thanks for the help

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Posted 9/29/2009 8:37:55 PM
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MOST plecos get over a foot long...not all
but a lot of the cool lookin little ones are expensive, and toad toxins did not cross my mind, i'm not an amphibian keeper obviously lol
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