Assassin snails probably wouldn't over populate the tank however they wouldn't solve your algae problems either. A few common causes of excessive algae are - too much direct sunlight ( lights on or off) , Bulbs older than 1 year, poor water quality due to excessive amounts of ammonia/nitrate, poor water circulation ,too much leftover food or un-cycled tanks. Piranha usually don't play nice with other fishes.
my piranha's attacking my pleco!!
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ballinouttacntrol;4363074; said:
I'm a prefectionist and the bits that I don't get cleaned off drive me nuts.
best way to get rid of algae is to keep your water clean, i never had a pleco in my tank until recently and i never have algae issues because i keep my water in check and dont overfeed, common plecos escpecially are very inefficient algae eaters and have to have their diets supplemented with algae wafers and veggies and a 75g is too small for a grown common IMO, just do more water changes or feed less and cut the amount of time your lights are on to a couple hours
umm id suggest taking the piranha out, and rearranging the whole tank. After you rearranged everything, put the pleco in the tank and then add the piranhas. When they're all in the tank you can chase them around and scare them if you want also. They will have to set up new territories and hopefully leave the pleco alone. Then again i dont own piranhas but that works with my cichlids.
