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Posted by Reel McKoi on March 18, 2007, 10:04 am
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> Hi, I have aquariums that are unheated. We have a large goldfish and a
> catfish,
> in one (10gal) and telscope eyed goldish and gobies (is that a local
> name?) in
> the other (5gal). We have apple snails in both.
A 5g tank is much too small for a goldfish unless it's starved, which is
cruel, into staying undersize. A healthy goldfish grows quickly and they
are not small fish. By the time they're adults they need at least a
20g-long tank.
> The tanks range in temperature from low 60's (F) in the winter, to around
> 85F in the summer. The average temp is about 65F from November to April
> and 80F the rest of the year.
>
> The fish I have seem to have no problems with the temperaure range.
>
> However I have an algae problem. It grows on the glass (actually they
> are acrylic) walls of the tank.
I don't know of any algae eater available in the stores that are
non-tropical. You can clean the glass yourself at the time you do your
partial water changes every week.
> I would like to get rid of the algae. I was thinking the best way to do it
> would be to get some algae eating fish. I am unable to go to the fish
> store,
> so my wife went.
>
> She was told the only algae eating fish they had must be kept at 26C
> (around 78F). This is a problem as I don't really want to heat the tanks.
>
> Can anyone recommend algae eating fish that can live in the temperature
> range of my tanks?
>
> It's also important that the ones in the small tank are not going to eat
> the gobies or attack the goldfish, and the ones in the large tank will
> not be eaten by the bigger fish.
Please consider getting larger tanks as goldfish are not small fish when
healthy and well cared for. Also, algae eaters will not clean the glass
like a algae scrubber will.
> Recommendations for fish, algae reduction techniques, etc would be
> gratefully appreciated.
How often are you doing partial water changes? More would help by removing
the "waste" dissolved in the water that algae needs to thrive.
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RM....
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> catfish,
> in one (10gal) and telscope eyed goldish and gobies (is that a local
> name?) in
> the other (5gal). We have apple snails in both.