Regular Member Anic Posted July 22, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 22, 2005 Every time I feed my fish at night I drop an algae disk in there for my pleco. Why do my fish eat it? I know goldfish are pigs, but geez!! Could anyone shed some light on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiL sTepHii 143 Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Mine does that to lol ... they are pigs they will eat almost anything.. just throw it in when ur feeding ur fish on the OTHER side of the tank . The pleco will find it .. Thats what I do .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maceo Posted July 23, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 23, 2005 They eat anything that'll stay still!!! Silly Pigs hidden in scales!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted July 23, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 23, 2005 Spirilina flakes are algae. The goldies love 'em. They also love to munch the green algae off the back and bottom of the tanks. If I have particularly lush growth on the glass under the light, I scrape it off and drop it into the tank and they chow down. It is all much the same. The algae disks are just algae in a slightly different construct. "Gee, Mom, why do you make the bites so big?" CRUNCH! They love it. It is good for them. The poor algae eater has to move quickly or they will lose out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fantail Posted July 23, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 23, 2005 Yes, algae is eaten by goldfish, so i usually put the algae disc in a crevise in the rocks, where onlyl the algae eater knows where it is. That is a solution right there, or you could just put it in and feed the goldfish simutaneously so the goldfish are busy eating the other food. Hope that can help your algae eater get some food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Anic Posted July 24, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 24, 2005 I have pond water, not city water. And when stuff grows in the tank, it's usually yuck instead of algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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