Any African algae eaters out there?

[Soul♍]

Hi everyone!

Are there any african algae eaters? Looking for an odball type one but not plecos because I'll have bichirs and bushfish in there too.

Any suggestions are welcome

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Some tilapia eat algae, not as well as plecos, also some mullet eat algae, but not from tank walls

 

[mattybecks]

Maybe there are African snails that eat algae?

 

[CichlidKeeper01]

Look into synodontis catfish.

 

[the_deeb]

Parasicydium gobies are cool west African algae eating gobies, but they would end up as a snack for Ctenopoma or Polypterus

 

[tiger15]

In CA/SA, there are many sucker mouth plecos and live bearers that eat algae. In Asia, there are sucker mouth Gara, flying fox, CAE and SAE that eat algae. In Africa, there are no sucker mouth algae eaters available in the hobby or in existence I’m aware of. Mbuna, Tropheus, some catfish and Tilapia assume the role of algae grazer in Africa, but in domestication, they get lazy and eat only fish food.

 

[markstrimaran]

Mbuna but they are aggressive.