Algae in a lungfish tank -- Help!

[tetrapod314]

I've had bad luck with a number of different pleco species eating the legs and tails off my SALs. They're all grown back now since I've removed all the plecos, but I constantly have to scrape the glass because of the brown and green algae that proliferates.

Does anyone know of any algae eaters that would be lungfish safe but that wouldn't be eaten by Clown Knives???

Common Plecos, clown plecos, and royal plecos have all eaten the lungfish. Bushy noses keep getting eaten by the knives. Ahhhhhhh!

 

[Honda12]

Since plecos arent really working out for you, I would suggest you dim the lights some how. I have dim lights on my tank, just a 4' regular florescent strip light you would use in a house on my 90gl, and I haven't had algae in a couple years.

I have a mbu puffer and he would eat them, so this is working great for me. It's not to dark that you cant see the fish, just dark enough so algae can't grow.

 

[tetrapod314]

That would work, except (I forgot to mention) it's a planted tank, so I need a fair amount of light. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[milkman407]

Umm i just got 2 2" royal plecos and there in there with an arowana clown knife and 2 bichirs are u saying they are gona eat my damn fish?

 

[tetrapod314]

They seem to love lungfish. They suck on them and chew their tails and fins and legs off. They've been known to damage bichirs as well by sucking the slime off them. They won't hurt the knife or the arowana. They only go for fish that tend to lay on the bottom. They didn't bother my bichirs, but even small plecos ate the legs and fins of my lungfish and a large pleco almost did one of them in overnight when I put it in the big tank.

 

[fenrisswolf]

You might want to try tossing in a few otos (Otocinclus spp.)

They are a small, (1.5 inches, or so, max,) community friendly algae-eater.
While they are related to plecos, they are only known to nibble on plants & fish when severely underfed, a situation easily corrected with algae wafers & similar food.

I've had three (They seem to do better in small groups,) with my (12 inch long) SAL, and have yet to see any problems with having them there.

 

[Star-Flog]

I've a marble lungfish (17") and one commom pleco (L001) seems to co-exist quite nicely. The common pleco doesn't bother lungfish at all.
They both grow up together 5 months back. The pleco keeps the tank spotless clean and also eat the leftover from lung.
Work well for me.

 

[shwag]

maybe a apple or malaysian trumpet snail? also i heard flagtails like algae

 

[Redtail_Watcher]

my best algae eat i ever had is a large redtail shark, it eats all the algae in my 10gallon all the way to the bare glass! lol.