Re: [RML] scavengers (fish)

Matthew Stanton (matthews at ironbark.forest.nsw.gov.au)
Thu, 22 May 1997 17:33:47 +0000

Barry Meiklejohn hypothesised:
> Some gobies may work?? but I only have experience with Desert Gobies and
> they don't seem to do much.

I tried Pseudogobius olorum and Redigobius sp. (sorry about the
spelling) and both ate some crap and algae but both also seemed to
need some degree of live food which was always difficult to get past
the rainbows. I took to dropping wrigglers in after the lights were
out but eventually I gave up!
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