Algae Eater for 180 Gallon Acrylic

[BizTodd]

Great tank. Would love to see picture updates. My favorite for algae is an albino bristlenose pleco. They do poop a lot, but looking at your pic, the water circulation and overflow will manage the algae-aesthetics. The bio load in the sump will have two be managed, but that algae will be taken care of . If you get a pair, they'll spawn in the terra cotta spikes and you'll have precious little baby plecos to enjoy.

Here are some pictures I just took. I am turning over the water about 4x an hour. I have a lot of mechanical filtration and a large biological chamber with 15lbs of various ceramic rings and some pot scrubbies.

I also have a large piece of wood that I am moving from a different tank over to this one. It is in the QT waiting for some new arrivals.

 

[DHarris]

Given the size of the tank and that you have experience with and like the ottos, how a bout a big group of giant ottos?

 

[BizTodd]

I bought 3 Albino BN plecos. Man are they small! I have them in a 10 gallon QT for the next month I think. Well see how much they grow before throwing them in the big tank.

On a side note, looking at Aquabid, man do I wish I bought these there. I had more choices at a better price including shipping (I paid $40 for 3 1" plecos). Anyone have a warning as I plan to buy my next fish through that auction site?

 

[Cardeater]

Just stumbled across this thread and noticed the "Murphy" sticker on the sump.

 

[BizTodd]

Just stumbled across this thread and noticed the "Murphy" sticker on the sump.

Aquarium Co-Op was one of the first YouTube channels I started watching. The sump is modeled after Cory's 125 Gallon sump. Most of the plants and the lights were ordered from there as well.