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#74241 08/20/06 09:18 PM
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Do Fathead Minnows eat colonial and blue algae like tilapia? I can't get any tilapia in my area and am wondering if this could be an alternative?

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J.A.M. :

Take a look at this link from fishbase on food items for FH.

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/TrophicEco/...pecies=promelas

While they will eat some plankton (bluegreen algae) I don't think they will clean up a pond like tilapia.

















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