Staghorn algae and Sewellia

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JennWren
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Staghorn algae and Sewellia

Post by JennWren » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:33 pm

Hi, I have staghorn algae in my attempt at a hillstream setup. Nothing was eating it even when I used excel on it. One day I noticed bright green leaves coming out of a java wendelov that was smothered in staghorn, didn’t know how. Then one day I noticed my Sewellia Albisuera wiggling about on the plant eating the staghorn! (Go on girl) Must have been at least 4-5 months before she started eating it. Eventually my Sewellia Lineolata noticed what she was doing and now they both go round eating the staghorn algae off my plants. Brilliant!

Are Sewellia known to eat Staghorn algae?

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Re: Staghorn algae and Sewellia

Post by MultipleTankSyndrome » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:52 am

You won't believe this, but I went to Big Al's yesterday and they had some hillstream loaches (species not specified) eating what looked very much like staghorn algae! Seems like yours aren't alone.

Of course, every fish has different tastes (just like people), so others' hillstreams may not like it as much as yours and the ones I had saw.
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JennWren
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Re: Staghorn algae and Sewellia

Post by JennWren » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:12 am

So cool! I’m thankful as struggling to get rid of the stuff..

My Sewellia Albisuera eats my White Cloud Mountain Minnows eggs too, she tried eating bladder snail eggs but they had too much jelly.

Fascinating watching them

Thanks for reply x

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