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Old 18-04-2007, 09:26 PM posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
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Default Is Anostomus anostomus an algae eater ?

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Philippe Lemaire \(remove oldies\) wrote:
Richard Sexton wrote:
Not primarily. You can tell what a fish eats from the shape of its mouth.

It mostly eats insects, crustaceans and worms in the wild.


He nibbles under leaves and wood, but what then ?


It's eating the micro organisms that live there. Just because you
can't see them them doesn't mean he can't

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