best bottom cleaner/algae eater

[pwmin]

common carp do a pretty good job of cleaning gravel, lol.

 

[Fish_are_fishfood]

Put a bristlenose pleco in there they only get to be about 6 inch max so it wont get too big for the tank. They are also about the best algea eaters out there along side the rubber lip pleco, but they like to have strong current so the bristlenose would be the easier of the two to care for.

My bristlenose does a great job at maintaining algae, and he will be a great size for your tank.

 

[cmj15]

i had a lot of algae in my 10g when i got my common and now there is almost none on the glass

 

[headbanger_jib]

plecos are poop machines
try moving the tank to a place where there is less sunlight your algae problem might get solved

 

[PoopSmart]

I think rubber lips are the best out of the few that i see at a LFS on a regular basis.

While plecos clean the glass they just turn the algae into poop. So yes they can clean the glass, but just keep up on the water changes and you will be fine.