Clean up Crew Ideas

[bcfd144]

Looking for something to put in the tank to help with clean up crew.

My ray tank info
360 gallon
2 Motoro Rays
4 Large Clown Loaches
3 P-Bass
1 Large Dat
1- Florida Gar

So Im needing a clean up crew to help with the little pieces left over after feeding.
I use to have several silver dollars in the tank and they did a great job but we lost two awhile back and our last one just got old and passed on.
Having trouble finding large enough silver dollars to do the job, so looking for other options to help with clean up.

Any ideas that work for you.
NO Plecos, so they are not an option.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Big twin bar tin foil barbs not the normal type or gold ones

The twin tail eat ray poo


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[isde02]

Flagtail, giraffe cat, larger geos

 

[T1KARMANN]

Flagtail, giraffe cat, larger geos

Flagtails suck on rays they maybe ok for a few months but long term to risky


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[FishDog]

Heard of regular, albino, and yellow fin tinfoils but not twin bar. They look real nice

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[isde02]

Flagtails suck on rays they maybe ok for a few months but long term to risky


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Oh ok thanks T1, Ididn't know that.

 

[markado]

IMO: Some ppl have luck in using a flag tail. but for me flag tail killed one of my ray.
But Pleco workers well for me. i have L25 L90 L91 in my tank with rays.
I think it depends on the fish itself.

 

[litigator666]

i have a small colony of synodontis angelicus and spotted raphaels to clean up uneaten food. I have not fed these fish and they are still alive so i would presume they eat what the rays eat.

 

[jim barry]

i have a small colony of synodontis angelicus and spotted raphaels to clean up uneaten food. I have not fed these fish and they are still alive so i would presume they eat what the rays eat.

I too have a synodontis angelicus. Bought it because i love the look of the spots against the dark skin, but i never see it. I know its there as i can see it under some wood. Guess it comes out at night to clean up, not that much gets left behind from feeding. I also have tinfoils, a shoal of six plus 3 of the twin bar tinfoil that T1 refers to, but these are real slow growers and everytime i try one in the main tank i loose it. I had 5 and now down to 3 at around 2" but need to get to about 3" before they can survive with the bigger fish. Its weird as i have smaller tiger dats that survive in the main tank fine at under 2".

 

[spotfin]

How big are your rays? I've got some redhead geos, spotted and striped pictus cats, 2 bushynose plecos, and striped raphael cats with my hystrix rays.