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  • |name = Red Cherry Shrimp |caption = Red Cherry Shrimp
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  • ...|Algae-eating Shrimp}}, {{cn|Yamato Shrimp}}, {{cn|Japonica Shrimp}}, {{cn|Algae Shrimp}}, {{cn|Japanese Swamp Shrimp}}, {{cn|Japanese Marsh Shrimp}}, {{cn| They are renown for being algae eaters but when keeping them in larger groups, it is typically essential to
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  • ...own [[infusoria]] by taking a bottle and putting in a lettuce leaf and an algae wafer. These bottles should be placed somewhere with heavy sunlight. After ...upper body and a red underside. However, unlike the Cardinal, the Neon's red underside ends halfway to the head, becoming a white belly. They are very d
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  • |extra_common_names=Green Sailfin, Red Sailfin, Black Sailfin, Silver Sailfin, Dalmatian Sailfin, Gold Sailfin, Go :Eats vegetables mainly, including [[algae]]. Will eat a wide range of food including [[flake]] and pellets, shrimp, [
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  • Guppies are omnivores and will eat virtually everything offered, from algae to flakes to small live foods. B. Algae and Plant Matter:
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  • ...l insects and aquatic plants (e.g. [[duckweed]], azolla or salvinia) and [[algae]]. Image:Red-Pom-Pom-Chocolate-Fantail.jpg|Pom-Pom/Fantail Chocolate cross
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  • In the aquarium hobby there are generally considered two types of algae - Good and Bad. Good algae is often said to be algae which looks pleasant and provides food for fish and snails.
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  • '''Chlorophyll''' is a green photosynthetic pigment found in most plants, [[algae]], and [[cyanobacteria]]. Its name is derived from ancient Greek: chloros = Chlorophyll absorbs most strongly in the blue and red spectrum of light. But poorly in the green portions of the electromagnetic
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  • == Redox and Algae == ...ox potentials support the growth of green algae and suppress brown and red algae.
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  • :Rhino Shrimp, {{cn|Red Nose Shrimp}}, {{cn|Rudolph Shrimp}}, {{cn|Mosquito Shrimp}}, {{cn|Redfront :Males have the red nose and are larger than females.
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  • |caption = Red Ramshorn Snail ...useful function of breaking down decaying plant and animals. They also eat algae.
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  • ...It is easiest to raise young platies in planted tanks where there is some algae to graze. They also like to eat some vegetables like courgette, cucumber or ...breeding this fish is widely available in many colours including shades of red, yellow, orange, blue, and black predominating. Young Platys can be mistake
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  • |name = Red Swamp Crayfish |caption = Red Swamp Crayfish
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  • :The males have red stripes on their bodies and fins. Females are more drab in colour. ...ill shorten drastically. They eat multiple types of algae, but prefer hair algae.
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  • ...Will also eat small meaty foods like [[brine shrimp]]. Will also graze on algae. ...om the nose to the caudal peduncle. The fins are translucent with hints of red in the dorsal and caudal fins.
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  • |extra_common_names=Black Acara, Port Acara, Red Port Acara, Brown Acara ...do well on Cichlid pellets, flakes, bloodworm and will even chew and carry algae disks around the tank. To keep them the healthiest and the largest, provide
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  • :A mid-swimmer, spends it's time grazing on algae and searching for fallen food. It can be destructive to plants in the aquar ...lack bars. Fins are transparent, sometimes with a black hue. Males have a red throat.
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  • == And you thought you had an Algae problem!== ...beration Army threw off their shoes and stood knee-deep in the thick green algae that has overwhelmed the Qingdao coastline.'' The pictures themselves are o
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  • ...have a single brown stripe, while females may have two. Females often have red gills. ...unded fish with a forked caudal. They get their common name from the vivid red colouration mostly exhibited by the males. The paler females are more yello
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  • ...t accepted by these fry when they become free swimming, though flagellated algae species may be small enough to be eaten at this early stage. This species i
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  • :{{cn|Ruby Nerite Snail}}, {{cn|Red Spotted Snail}}, {{cn|Tracked Nerite Snail}} ...resent the snail will have to be supplemented with blanched vegetables and algae wafers.
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  • ...common_names=Jewel Fish, Jewel Cichlid, Jewelfish, Two-Spot Jewel Cichlid, Red Jewel Cichlid, African Jewelfish :This fish will accept pellets and flake as well as algae-based foods. They will eat live plants.
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  • |name=Red Zebra Mbuna |extra_common_names=Red Zebra Mbuna, Ice Blue Zebra, Cherry Red Cichlid, Orange Blotch Cichlid
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  • ...t prepared algae wafers as well as blanched vegetables, it will graze some algae and bogwood also. May also occasionally nibble [[brine shrimp]] and [[daphn ...vary in thickness. The eyes of this fish vary from a deep orange to bright red.
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  • ...uding Cichlid pellets, [[bloodworm]], [[daphnia]], blanched vegetables and algae wafers. ...has settled into its environment. It's body and fins have blue, yellow and red hues on a olive green base colour. It gets its "T-Bar" common name from the
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  • :Needs a vegetarian diet of blanched vegetables, algae and algae-based pellet or flake food. Will also nibble plants. ...al is tall and translucent with yellow hues and white spots. There is some red colouring around the head and gill plates.
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  • |name=Red Zebra Mbuna "Cobalt Blue" |extra_common_names=Zebra Mbuna, Red Zebra, Cobalt Blue Zebra
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  • ...aerobic bacteria and eating decaying plant and dead animals. They also eat algae. They are extremely good cleaning crew for a tank with substrates. ...tubercularia'', Trumpet Snail, Malayan Burrowing Snail, Malayan Mud Snail, Red-rimmed Melania, Dominican Trumpet Snail.
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  • ...od for a couple of months. This is a harmless fungus and should disappear. Algae eating fish often eat it. *[[w:Pine|Pine]]. Bog pine is usually a rich red brown colour. Don't place raw pine into your tank. You may harm your aquati
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  • ...indicate different foods. Green is typically an algae like [[spirulina]], red is shrimp, others may be white fish flesh. ...fish derivatives, Cereals, Derivatives of vegetable origin, Oils and fats, Algae, vegetables,Minerals, Molluscs and crustaceans, Egg and egg derivatives,Yea
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  • ...etras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, danios etc.; "medium bodied" might be red-tailed black sharks, tiger barbs, platys, cory cats etc.; "heavy bodied" wo ...is preferred by some fish keepers; that way, the fish will eat more of the algae and other edibles that can naturally occur in a tank.
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  • ...plastic tubs with a foil seal. This food is a small (1-3mm), granular type red coloured food which quickly sinks and is taken by most bottom feeders. *[[Algae]]
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  • :Feed fry algae, kelp flakes, [[spirulina]] tablets and frozen peas with shells removed. Re :They'll take a wide number of vegetable-based foods including soft [[algae]], cucumber, mushrooms, shelled garden peas, spinach, [[w:Zuchini|zucchini(
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  • ...a_common_names=Emperor Angelfish, Imperator Angelfish, Imperial Angelfish, Red Sea Emperor Angelfish :They should be fed [[Spirulina]], marine algae, high-quality angelfish preparations, mysid or frozen shrimp, and other mea
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  • :Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (extending to Mossel Bay, South Africa) to the Hawaiian :Will graze on algae, and will also eat small invertebrates and polyps. Must be supplemented wit
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  • |extra_common_names=Achilles Tang, Red-Tailed Surgeonfish, Redspot Surgeonfish :Primarily grazes on algae, provide a healthy established reef system and supplement with foods such a
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  • :Feeds mainly on algae, specifically coraline red algae which it scrapes off rock with it's beak-like mouth.
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  • ...st,<ref>[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19950/all 2007 ICUN Red List entry for the Rainbow Parrotfish]</ref> it is therefore unlikely to be :Feeds mainly on algae, specifically benthic algae which it scrapes off rocks with it's beak-like mouth.
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  • |caption = Crystal Red Shrimp ...n|Crystal Black Shrimp}} (original species often called CBS), {{cn|Crystal Red Shrimp}} (colour mutation of the Black shrimp often called CRS).
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  • ..., this is absent on females. On the rare "blues" from Cherax Park, Au. the red stripe is replaced with a translucent white on the males. The male is also ...t Food|sinking pellet]], [[Flake Food|flake food]] and [[Dried Algae|dried algae]]. Gum tree bark is easily sunk, & will disappear quickly. Frozen peas are
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  • |name=Red Fin Otocinclus |extra_common_names=Red Fin Otocinclus, Red Fin Dwarf Pleco
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  • |name=Red Hook Silver Dollar |extra_common_names=Red Hook Myleus, Red Hook Silver Dollar, Red Hook Pacu, Redhook Myleus
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  • :So that cute {{in|2}} [[pleco]] the shop assistant says is great for eating algae could easily grow to over {{in|24}}! :A small common fish called 'Algae eater' or [[Chinese algae eater]] is sadly all to often sold as a tank glass cleaner. But it grows to
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  • ...Will also eat small meaty foods like [[brine shrimp]]. Will also graze on algae. :Very similar to ''[[Anostomus anostomus]]'', but lacks the red colouration in the fins.
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  • |extra_common_names=Blacktail Angelfish, Eibli Angel, Red Stripe Angel, Orangelined Angelfish, Eibli's Dwarf Angel, Eibl's Angel :An omnivore, will take [[mysis shrimp]], marine algae and [[spirulina]] as well as other meaty foods.
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  • :Will graze on algae, preferring red and brown algae, and will also accept vegetarian foods such as spirulina as well [[mysis sh ...fins are black and dark yellow respectively. Its common name refers to the red around the lips. The other common name of "Unicorn" derives from the "horn"
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  • |extra_common_names=Sailfin Desjardni Tang, Red Sea Sailfin Tang, Dejardin's Sailfin Tang, Indian Sailfin Surgeonfish ...ward reefs and lagoons to a depth of 25m in the Indian Ocean, ranging from Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east to India, Java, and Cocos-Keeling
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  • ...gs will readily accept meaty foods in the home aquarium, They need to have algae in their diets. Feed them some greens a few times a week to keep them at op ...ound in the Western and Central Pacific, the ''N.elegans'' is found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
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  • ...stantly hunt for food and can be supplemented with blanched vegetables and algae wafers. ...ta]]'' in that it's shell is shorter and stockier, usually coloured a rich red-brown.
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  • :{{cn|Cactus Sponge}}, {{cn|Yellow Lattice Sponge}}, {{cn|Red Lattice Sponge}} ...In the wild it is found near caves with strong currents. Will not tolerate algae growth. A challenging animal to keep and generally does not do well in capt
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  • ...eat many kinds of algae, including red slime algae. If there's not enough algae present, supplement with dried seaweed.
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  • ...acterial growth as the bacteria feed on the uneaten food; the Koi will eat algae from the bottom until the weather warms up again. :* Kohaku - white with red patterns
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  • :Not a great algae eater, prefers a meaty diet with blanched vegetable supplements. If using f :An attractive Pleco with a dark red-brown base colour on the body with medium-sized round yellow spots covering
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  • ...ank. Each fish will not grow larger than {{in|1}} and they are rich orange-red in colour and look stunning against a planted lush green backdrop. Do not k ...] but should be supplemented with other foods, they won't eat all types of algae. They need a lot of hiding places as they can get spooked by activity outsi
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  • ...s essential to prevent holes from forming in its leaves. Prone to growing algae on old leaves. :Large, ovate leaves with new leaves displaying a pink/red underside.
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  • ...n kind (in this case, ''Caridina''). So it will cross-breed with [[Crystal Red Shrimp]], Bee Shrimp, and Chinese Zebra Shrimp. ...ater. Supplement diet with flakes, sinking food, or fresh vegetables if no algae is present. Has also been known to eat bio-film from surface.
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  • |name=Red-Tailed Tinfoil Barb |extra_common_names=Red-Tailed Tinfoil Barb
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  • :This pleco is primarily carnivorous but will eat some algae. Feed with live/frozen foods and spirulina. Also fond of zucchini and swee :This pleco is attractive with a dark base colour, which is more red on males, with white spots covering the body and fins. The fins are edged i
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  • ...depending on wether it's from the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, or the Red Sea. |diet=:The Regal Angel prefers a varied diet of [[spirulina]] and marine algae as well as [[mysid shrimp]] and Angel Formula and other Sponge-containing f
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  • :Indo Pacific: found throut southern Japan, and Australia to the Red Sea. :Feed once or twice a day depending on algae content of the tank.
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  • ...eding dress may also vary slightly. Males may have a slightly more vibrant red, and females may have a slight greenish sheen on their flanks. Once they ar ...Cichlids, such as the Midas Cichlid, ''[[Amphilophus citrinellus]]'', the Red Devil Cichlid, ''[[Amphilophus labiatus]]'', the Black Belt Cichlid, ''[[Ci
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  • ...ed Head Solon Fairy Wrasse, Tricolor Fairy Wrasse, Redheaded Fairy Wrasse, Red-eyed Fairy Wrasse, Blueside Wrasse ...d are great scavenger for the marine and reef aquarium. Benthic species of algae can be cultured in treated tap water using f/2 with the Melodina II culture
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  • [[Image:Neocaridina heteropoda-7550.jpg|right|thumb|[[Cherry Red Shrimp]]]] *'''[[Cherry Red Shrimp]] (''[[Neocaridina heteropoda]]'')'''
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  • === Convolutriloba (including Red Planaria?)=== ...bes or projections on the tail end. Yellow/brown in color sometimes with a red gland near the tail end. These genera contain a toxin that is released when
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  • ...lso be supplemented with vegetable matter. May also graze on some types of algae. ...blue iridescence and faint vertical dark banding. The fins are edged with red colouration.
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  • ...n fact it looks very similar but is minus the bold blue markings and has a red lateral stripe rather than blue. In this size tank a group of 6-10 would be The Green Neon Tetra is the opposite of the Glowlight Tetra. It lacks the red horizontal band but has a strong lateral green/blue iridescent band from th
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  • :Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (south to Coffee Bay, South Africa) to the Hawaiian Isl :Will graze on algae, and will also eat small invertebrates and polyps. Must be supplemented wit
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  • '''Cyano Bacteria ''' is a red bubbly substance ([[Cyanobacteria]]) that encrusts the rocks and glass of m ...d there are some chemical treatments that have decent results. Chemiclean red slime remover, and Kent Poly-OX are two such products that should be availa
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  • ...ing in the water. They form a symbiotic relationship with the [[blue-green algae]] ''Anabaena azollae'', which fixes atmospheric nitrogen, giving the plant ...ature, causing the water surface to appear to be covered with an intensely red carpet. Herbivore feeding induces accumulation of deoxyanthocyanins and le
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  • |color = Pink, Red :This coral contains the symbiotic algae [[zooxanthellae]] from which it receives the majority of its nutritional re
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  • |color = Green, Pink, Teal, Blue, Purple, Red :This coral contains the symbiotic algae [[zooxanthellae]] from which it receives the majority of its nutritional re
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  • ...in balance in our tanks. These others, the heterotrophic bacteria, fungi, algae, infusoria, copepods, nematodes, etc., are just as important to us as the l ...s (medication of the tank, for an example), the clock resets to near zero. Algae outbreaks (attached, or free-floating in the form of "green water"), cloudy
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  • :Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Persian Gulf. :A herbivorous fish, will take dried seaweed, marine algae, [[mysid shrimp]], [[Spirulina]], blanched Romaine Lettuce or fresh seaweed
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  • |name = Hawaiian Red Shrimp |caption = Hawaiian Red Shrimp
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  • ...they are found among the lower and dead parts of the corals with coralline algae. In a tank they should be provided with plenty of cover and hiding places i ...of pink and narrower yellow. The fins have hints of blue and yellow, with red brown in the pelvic fins.
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  • ...herbivorous and will eat the roots of plants and some algae. Feed sinking algae wafers and pellets as well as blanched veges. May take some live/frozen foo ...th a pale belly and gold iridescence on the scales. The fins may have some red in them. The lips of this fish are thick and strong with one set of [[barbe
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  • .... It also receives some of its nutritional requirements from the symbiotic algae [[zooxanthellae]]. Image:Dusky anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus (red and black anemonefish) in leathery sea anemone Heteractis crispa (584944930
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  • {{Algae data |name = Black brush algae
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  • |name=Honduran Red Point |extra_common_names=HRP, Honduran Red Point, Blue Convict, Honduran Red Fin
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  • ...lfish in the region. When mature, the body colour darkens towards tan with red highlights forming around the eyes and pectoral fins. The dorsal, anal, and :Prefers a spacious tank with plenty of Live Rock and algae growth and not overly aggressive tank mates. It is also important to note t
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  • |name=Red Shiner |extra_common_names=Red Shiner, Rainbow Dace
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  • ...n't come across much in the wild. The tank must be mature though with some algae growth on which to graze. It also seems to enjoy company of its own kind. ...sh, fish like [[Zebra Danio]]s, [[White Cloud Mountain Minnow]]s or [[Rosy Red]]s should be able to tough it out with them. As this fish is a livebearer f
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  • :This is an omnivorous Urchin. It will graze on algae and can be supplemented with dried seaweed. It may also eat sessile inverte This Urchin needs a constant supply of algae or can be supplemented with dried seaweed daily.
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  • :Cherry Shrimp (red variant), Freshwater Shrimp, Shrimp, Ned shrimp ...ufficient food is present, supplement with a quality flake food, pellet or algae wafers.
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  • :Found in the Central, and western Pacific, throughout Malaysia to the Red Sea. :Omnivorous. Aside from soft corals, they will eat some algae
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  • :From as North Hawai'i to the Galapagos to The Red Sea. :Herbivorous; needs lots of algae in its diet.
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  • |extra_common_names=Dark Green Parrotfish, Parrot Chub, Moontail, Red Belly, Redbelly :Eats algae off corals by scraping off coral with their strong, beak like mouths.
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  • |extra_common_names=Red-Specked Parrotfish, Spotted Parrotfish, Two-Color Parrotfish |origin=:Endemic to the Red Sea; Its Indo-Pacific range is disputed (see notes).
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  • .... Raw cockles, [[Bloodworm]], etc. It will even eat a small amount of soft algae if not over fed. They also like to eat some blanched vegetables like courge :Smaller than the more well known Mollies, the Liberty Molly has rusty-red coloured fins and a blue-silver body.
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  • ...eat many kinds of algae, including red slime algae. If there's not enough algae present, supplement with dried seaweed.
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  • ...eat many kinds of algae, including red slime algae. If there's not enough algae present, supplement with dried seaweed.
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  • Mature males have deeper red fins with contrasting dark edges. Females' fins appear closer to yellow. ...levels of the aquarium, but is usually found near the bottom, idly picking algae and detritus off of the substrate and plants.
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