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    Posted: September 17 2006 at 11:45am
This morning when I was getting ready to feed (letting the food thaw in a little cup on top of the tank), Mr. Bat was getting excited to eat and pooped out some green poop. I thought it was unusual to see algae poop.  I was wrong.
 
You see, yesterday I had noticed Mr. Bat nipping at some hair algae on the drainpipe, which has been missed by snails. So today I was reading up on my new batfish and found that algae is a preferred food! I looked at the place where Mr. Bat was nipping and to my surprise, the algae was no longer 1/2 inch long, but just a short fuzz! Then I looked along the entire back of the tank where there were other missed spots. To my amazement all the long algae is gone!
 
Wow, what a perfect fish for this tank. Thanks Dion  
Here is a pic. Thanks Amie.
 


Edited by Mark Peterson - September 17 2006 at 12:01pm
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HAIR ALGEE @#&$^%&$#@%$^&^*.
Glad hes doing great.
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Best quality in the valley! He is one sexy bald guy, even with out a finger!(MAC)
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That's awesome, Mark!  Rays and batfish- quite an accomplishment!
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