Janitor Fish Now Cleaning Pools in Abandoned Homes
When a Palm Beach community was looking for a low cost, chemical-free solution to combat the blooming algae in their abandoned pools, they turned to the University of Florida's agriculture scientists who in turn recommended a fish farm in Bartow raising several species of Amazonian catfish. The aptly named janitor fish are now working overtime in pools throughout Wellington, and the reviews are positive. At $15 per fish, the community is paying $700/year to stock and treat their abandoned pools, just a tenth of the estimated $7,000 that chlorine treatment would cost. Dave Hoy, the owner of the Bartow farm that raises the fish, explained how he motivates his Brazilian pool cleaners: "They're good janitors," drawled Hoy, "but I still give them a stern talking to before putting them to work."
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