AKA "Real" Flying Fox, I got one to do the cleaning duties in my 3FT Peacock
eeder downstairs - it receives a bit of sunlight under the house the tank is prone to the long haired green algae and so called "Red" Algae. <
>After a bit of research I discovered the Real Flying Fox is apparently an efficient cleaner of the stuff so I grabbed one from a northside aquarium. <
>Aside from being assured he was the real thing I observed he had the one horizontal stripe from nose all the way thru his tail, so fairly sure he''s the real thing.<
>Due to the fact this species is from Thailand they like a lower PH, in fact almost neutral. As he was going in a Malawi African tank I had to very slowly introduce him into the PH 7.8+ environment(over an hour in fact).<
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>So just wondering if there''s anyone else that''ve done the same as me. I know of one guy in Sydney that has a 12cm Real Flying Fox with his large Africans, but due to their two different locations/water parameters, thought it unusual. <
>Mind you, people have thrown Bristle Noses in with Africans for years so why not?<
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yes i find them great with cichlids to remove hair algea (just have to be big enuf to handle the cichlids).<
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>ive usaully always got them in stock. <
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> 1 out of 4 people have a mental dissability!<
>think of your 3 best mates if there fine..... IT MUST BE YOU!!!
hey,
had one of them with my large malawi's and it did fine.
Aquaman69
Hey. I've got one in with several different species of cichlid, including my foul tempered lombardoi. Everyone leaves him alone. They just don't seem to see much of a threat there I guess.