Best Low Bioload Algae Eater

[breadhead]

Here’s my stock for my 75g,
- 3 Delhezi Bichirs (all under 5”)
- 2 salvini cichlids (all under 2”)
-1 tire track eel (under 4”)
I know the tire track eel will outgrow my tank. Have future plans of upgrading. What algae eater can live in my tank. Like fancy plecos and other things. I don’t want to increase the bioload by a lot. Looking for under 7-8”.

 

[tlindsey]

What algae eater can live in my tank.

Possibly a Bristlenose but I personally don't trust pleco with my Polypterus.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Possibly a Bristlenose but I personally don't trust pleco with my Polypterus.

I had a pleco kill a $500 bichir so I second tlindsey.

Honestly with that stock I’d put in a few merited and call it a day.

 

[Deadeye]

Most efficient algae cleaner and produces absolutely no waste:

 

[fishhead0103666]

I had a pleco kill a $500 bichir so I second tlindsey.

Honestly with that stock I’d put in a few merited and call it a day.

Nerite snails*

 

[breadhead]

Nerite snails*

Ok, cool. Nerite snails won’t get eaten

 

[fishhead0103666]

Ok, cool. Nerite snails won’t get eaten

That’s the plan, Stan.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Most efficient algae cleaner and produces absolutely no waste:
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You beat me to it

 

[Norsynth]

I had a pleco kill a $500 bichir so I second tlindsey.

Honestly with that stock I’d put in a few merited and call it a day.

As a new senegal owner why is that the case? Do they suck on the slime coat? I swear I see bichir/pleco tanks quite often.

 

[fishhead0103666]

As a new senegal owner why is that the case? Do they suck on the slime coat? I swear I see bichir/pleco tanks quite often.

Yep they suck on the fish. I had almost a dozen plecos with about a dozen bichirs, it was fine for a good while, it was just when that particular bichir was added did a single pleco go after him.