Cleaner fish for roots?

[carsona246]

Hey everyone,
I grow pothos/peace lilly in my 40 breeder and I was wondering if there might be a fish compatible with a senegal that could help keep organic matter out of the root system in my tank. It's a pain in the butt to clean the roots every waterchange, and if there were a fish that could eat any organic matter in the roots/not get eaten by a senegal I'd love a suggestion. Cherry shrimp would work if they were not going to get eaten.
40 breeder with 1 senegal and a leopard ctenopoma.

 

[oneyedfish]

Never kept a Sen. but would a few Otocinclus work for you? Or would their small size just make them feeders?


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[coyotethug]

I would try some livebearers like swordtails. Big enough not to get eaten for a while. Maybe some bushynose plecos.

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[carsona246]

I'm thinking pleco might eat the slimecoat, and oto's would be feeders

 

[coyotethug]

Bushynose not like normal pleco, I would trust them.

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[libingboy]

i've used mature swordtails before, and the problem is that they tend to stay at the bottom during lights out. Sooner or later they'd get bitten. how about a school of giant danios? they seem to stay at the upper portion of the tank even at night.