Re: NANFA-- Mussels

Wally Billingham (wally_at_wallybillingham.com)
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:41:16 -0400

Sunfish REALLY like to eat snails esp. pumpkinseeds.

Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: kahley <kahley_at_ptd.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Mussels

Young sunnies seem to find the tinniest ones quite tasty so
> I have been letting a lot of the algae hang on the reef (now that the
nests
> are defunct) and dragging more of it into the nursery. That's an
assumption,
> as my eyes aren't good enough to see if they are actually eating the
snails
> but they certainly do peck at something in that hair troll algae...or is
it the
> algae itself??
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