Scavenger needed, any ideas?

[The True Guapote]

I've been thinking about adding a scavenger or two to my 180g cichla community and I'd appreciate any input. My only criteria is that it doesn't grow huge, won't harm my cichla, and is hopefully endemic to South America. I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to mixing species from different parts of the world. We all know how messy cichla can be when eating, it'd be nice to have something to help clean up the scraps!

 

[celebrist]

Megaladorus uranascopis (irwini)?

 

[heatherbeast]

Megalodoras would be awesome!!!! Striped raphaels can get quite big in tanks that size, although they would be hard to come by at a size that's 'ready to go' for a big predator tank like that.

 

[isde02]

Juruense cat, vulture cat, larger species of silver dollars, flagtail, a omnivorous pleco

 

[Owens]

Megaladorus uranascopis (irwini)?

Exactly my thought.

 

[The True Guapote]

Flagtail are very cool. Right now my guys are all in the 6" range, finding a cat around there shouldn't be too difficult I hope!

 

[Owens]

Flagtail are very cool. Right now my guys are all in the 6" range, finding a cat around there shouldn't be too difficult I hope!

Jeff rapps had a bunch last time I checked

 

[haynchinook334]

Flag tails and placo's for sure.