Good Cleanup Fish

[songsparrow]

I have a 55 gal community-ish tank and I was wondering other than plecos what would be a good fish that eats leftovers/cleans up food debris from plants (I know they can't just live on leftovers and I will provide the right foods for them accordingly)? I have a red-tail shark that cleans off rocks and plants, and several plecos. What else could I add?

 

[lp85253]

Any smallish catfish

 

[bbortko]

If you have several plecos and still have an uneaten food issue you are overfeeding.

 

[Adamrhh]

corys, bullseye catfish (the ony that only get about 5.5inches)

to the above user, even if he has several plecos, plecos are slow eaters and poop more then they eat!

 

[Crazy mike]

Pictus pim


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[Dr.Gonzo4]

I've been thinking of adding some earth eating cichlids, geophagus balzani and other geos all scoop up substrate and sift it through their gills.

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[bbortko]

corys, bullseye catfish (the ony that only get about 5.5inches)

to the above user, even if he has several plecos, plecos are slow eaters and poop more then they eat!

Regardless of the species if more food is being fed than is being eaten then there is overfeeding. If op wants more bottom feeders and wants to know what is a good fit thats fine but if they want to eleviate uneaten food the best answer is always feed less.

 

[martinbinn]

kuhli loaches do a way better job of cleaning up than plecos