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SpinMeOne Reg. Oct 2006	Posted 2015-04-12 5:46 PM Subject: fish for algae in tanks
A Bit of a Grammar Nut Posts: 1788 Location: floating down a river	What type of fish do people use in their big water tanks to keep the algae down?
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Bibliafarm Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2015-04-12 6:17 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Warmblood with Wings Posts: 27846 Location: Florida..	koi
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arion Reg. Mar 2015	Posted 2015-04-12 6:37 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Extreme Veteran Posts: 372	clorox
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Bibliafarm Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2015-04-12 6:55 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Warmblood with Wings Posts: 27846 Location: Florida..	thats what we do to scrub but she asked what type fish.i think its koi or big goldfish.
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ChasingCans04 Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2015-04-12 7:17 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Extreme Veteran Posts: 304 Location: Up and over to the right	No fish poop for my horses!
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brlracerchick Reg. Jun 2010	Posted 2015-04-12 7:33 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Thick and Wavy Posts: 6102 Location: Nebraska	I have goldfish but someone told me that algae eaters will live in a horse tank.
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livexlovexrodeo Reg. Oct 2009	Posted 2015-04-12 7:46 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
I'm Cooler Offline Posts: 6387 Location: Pacific Northwest	I don't think the fish are for eating algae, they eat the mosquito larvae. We have goldfish in our stock tanks for the cows and they definitely do not keep the algae under control haha.
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soonergirl98 Reg. Oct 2009	Posted 2015-04-12 9:18 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Expert Posts: 2013 Location: Piedmont, OK	We have an above ground pool so I put a chunk of a chlorine tablet in our tanks and it helps tremendously
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2015-04-12 11:24 PM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	Bibliafarm - 2015-04-12 6:17 PM koi Yes Koi is a grass eater. They are in the Carp family and Craps eat grass and algae. But the algae has to get pretty thick for them to beable to grab ahole.
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-04-13 3:57 AM Subject: RE: fish for algae in tanks
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	Southtxponygirl - 2015-04-12 11:24 PM Bibliafarm - 2015-04-12 6:17 PM koi Yes Koi is a grass eater. They are in the Carp family and Craps eat grass and algae. But the algae has to get pretty thick for them to beable to grab ahole. OMG!!!!! I love it!!!!
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