FrankSlapperinni
Fish Herder
Hello
I was wondering if anyone out their had any experiences/information to share about Farlowella catfish (specifically Farlowella Acus).
I planned on buying a few (3 or 4) of these fish for my 30 gallon tank, due to all of the algae that has been building up.
Although I have two tank, the 29 which has been setup for eight months and 10 gallon that has been set up for about 4, I have never kept an algae eater, and I know nothing about their behavior etc.
The water I have comes from a well, therefore has a high pH around 8.2, would this be stressful on Farlowella's?
The currant fish in the tank are
6 Head and Tail light Tetras
3 Platy's
2 Pearl Gouramis
3 Boesmani Rainbowfish
2 Panda Cory's (plan on getting more, the rest of their shoal sadly mysteriously passed away )
All of the fish listed above have been in the tank since first two months the tank was running, no fish have been added recently.
The reason I wanted these catfish was because I read that they were excellent algae eaters, and because I saw a group in my LFS the other day, and I thought they were very fascinating fish.
I was wondering if anyone out their had any experiences/information to share about Farlowella catfish (specifically Farlowella Acus).
I planned on buying a few (3 or 4) of these fish for my 30 gallon tank, due to all of the algae that has been building up.
Although I have two tank, the 29 which has been setup for eight months and 10 gallon that has been set up for about 4, I have never kept an algae eater, and I know nothing about their behavior etc.
The water I have comes from a well, therefore has a high pH around 8.2, would this be stressful on Farlowella's?
The currant fish in the tank are
6 Head and Tail light Tetras
3 Platy's
2 Pearl Gouramis
3 Boesmani Rainbowfish
2 Panda Cory's (plan on getting more, the rest of their shoal sadly mysteriously passed away )
All of the fish listed above have been in the tank since first two months the tank was running, no fish have been added recently.
The reason I wanted these catfish was because I read that they were excellent algae eaters, and because I saw a group in my LFS the other day, and I thought they were very fascinating fish.