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JDmTypeR
12-24-2005, 1:40 AM
whats a good fish to help keep your tank clean ?
hogan2000
12-24-2005, 3:02 AM
Plecostomus or pleco, These are pretty good at keeping a tank free of algae and can grow quite large or you should get Apple snail.
:headbang2 :headbang2
I like siamese algae eaters. They are good algea eaters, but they are more lazy when adult, or if they know there are better food like the food you give the other fishes.
thefishofdoom
12-24-2005, 9:40 PM
if u are talking community then a couple of oto's but as for a tank with big fish plecos are ur best bet
http://aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23443&st=0&#entry254280
That will do it i tink!!!!!
Pout
Otocinclus. Great algae eaters!
Honda12
02-19-2006, 5:23 PM
Any common pleco will do.
I have a combination of rubberlip plecos and ottos in my tanks and they do a great job.
I've got a bristlenose plec that keeps every thing clean, he is a small pleco and can get in to all the nooks and crannies. Proabably a bit too small for some of the tanks on this site :naughty:
I just got a gibbiceps pleco today, he is settleing in ok, he is hanging around with the bristlenose they look funny next to each other.
rottbo
03-12-2006, 12:02 PM
bristlenose plecos can get mean
Taz2478
03-12-2006, 3:20 PM
I love my rhino Plecos, they eat algea, clean the wood(actually eat it) and sifts through the bottom along with my botias/loaches.
My brother has S. eupterus that keeps the bottom clean too.
jayclarke
03-12-2006, 3:23 PM
corydoras sp. and plecostomus sp.
vanimate
03-12-2006, 3:57 PM
Prochilodus are amazingly good, I have one that cleans algae off of plants without harming any of the plant. :thumbsup:
Get some Malaysian Trumpet snails too.
crazy_davis1988
03-15-2006, 9:02 PM
i would cat a pleco or maybe even a few chinese algeas eaters if your tank is not that large. They both do great jobs, but i would avoid snails i had snails before and they can reproduce out of control
justin
04-04-2006, 11:58 PM
Lots of plecos won't eat algae and are true catfish and prefer meaty foods and waffers. Chinese algae eaters are suckermouth algae eaters that will clean the tank nicely.
ckk125
04-05-2006, 4:52 AM
common pleco.
Lots of plecos won't eat algae and are true catfish and prefer meaty foods and waffers. Chinese algae eaters are suckermouth algae eaters that will clean the tank nicely.
Agreed. And beware the kind of pleco if you do try to go that route. Many common varieties get way too large for many tanks.
limz_777
05-08-2006, 11:46 AM
magnetic cleaner plecos? just cleans d dirty spot you wanted.
if you go for a pleco to eat algea be sure to look it up, as there are more that dont, and also they tend to get very big
flagtail
05-08-2006, 12:36 PM
Prochilodus are amazingly good, I have one that cleans algae off of plants without harming any of the plant.
Bingo.........The problem with plecos are as they grow, they do less and less algae eating....most are even canivorous, and will start eating the other fishes food and leave the algae alone......
You can't go wrong with a Prochilodus (Flagtail)....non stop rasping on glass and everything else for algae....
Good luck