I have a 30 gallon growout tank for 6 brilliant rasbora's and 1 red swordtail. I am looking for a sucker fish to clean up there waste. Any ideas for a 30 gallon? thanks
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The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish 
... no fish will do what you are looking for.. even "waste eaters" will produce waste themselves. I would suggest a small group 3-5 of cory cats to help clean up any extra food in the tank. and maybe a clown pleco to help with algae... but neither are really "Neccisary" the best way to get rid of waste in your tank is to properly maintain your filtration system ( imo you should always be running 8-10 times turn-over rate on a tank.. so for a 30 gallon tank.. a filter that is rated between 250-300gph would be ideal.) regularly syphoning your gravel and doing 25% + water changes at least 1x weekly will do better for your fish then any "waste eater" out there.
... no fish will do what you are looking for.. even "waste eaters" will produce waste themselves. I would suggest a small group 3-5 of cory cats to help clean up any extra food in the tank. and maybe a clown pleco to help with algae... but neither are really "Neccisary" the best way to get rid of waste in your tank is to properly maintain your filtration system ( imo you should always be running 8-10 times turn-over rate on a tank.. so for a 30 gallon tank.. a filter that is rated between 250-300gph would be ideal.) regularly syphoning your gravel and doing 25% + water changes at least 1x weekly will do better for your fish then any "waste eater" out there.The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish
+1... otocinclus catfish if your algae is bad, a pleco if you want help picking up excess food from feeding. nothing will eat fish kaka
The rare and beautiful "Syphon" fish
sorry not what i meant! i meant like there extra food and stuff, just looking for a freshwater sucker fish
Feed less food for starters. For a small tank like a 30 gallon you could keep 1 bristle nose pleco. You still have to do water changes once a week and monthly vacum gravel bed.
Cory cats are great clean up crew... and I suggested Clown plecos over otto cats.. as otto cats seem to be fairly sensitive ime... clown/peppermint plecos are more hardy ime. both will also not outgrow or harass your other tank-mates.